Commentary on Festl etal. (2013): Gaming addiction-how far have we come, and how much further do we need to go?

Addiction

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 600-601

  Petry, Nancy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaming addiction; Internet gaming; Problematic gaming

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84873970253     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12044     Document Type: Note

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