Prevalence of Problematic Video Gaming among Ontario Adolescents

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 877-889

  Turner, Nigel E ^a,b   Paglia Boak, Angela ^a   Ballon, Bruce ^a,b   Cheung, Joyce T W ^a   Adlaf, Edward M ^a,b   Henderson, Joanna ^a,b   Chan, Vincy ^a   Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c,d   Hamilton, Hayley ^a,b   Mann, Robert E ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Prevalence; Problem video game playing (PVP) scale; Problematic video gaming; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871227822     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-012-9382-5     Document Type: Article

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