Personality profiles associated with different motivations for playing world of warcraft

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 189-193

  Graham, Lindsay T ^a   Gosling, Samuel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84875162732     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0090     Document Type: Article

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