Why do you play World of Warcraft? An in-depth exploration of self-reported motivations to play online and in-game behaviours in the virtual world of Azeroth

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-109

  Billieux, Joël ^a,b,c   Van Der Linden, Martial ^b,d   Achab, Sophia ^c,e   Khazaal, Yasser ^c   Paraskevopoulos, Laura ^b   Zullino, Daniele ^c   Thorens, Gabriel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e University Hospital of Besançon   (France)

Author keywords

Internet addiction; Longitudinal; Massively multiplayer online role playing games; Motivation; Virtual worlds; World of Warcraft

Indexed keywords

INTERNET ADDICTION; LONGITUDINAL; ROLE-PLAYING GAME; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WORLD OF WARCRAFT;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); VIRTUAL REALITY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84868210866     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.07.021     Document Type: Article

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