Advanced or Addicted? Exploring the Relationship of Recreation Specialization to Flow Experiences and Online Game Addiction

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 203-217

  Scott, David ^b   Yang, Chun Chieh ^c  

^a Emily)   (Taiwan)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

addiction; flow experience; online games; progression; recreation specialization

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84878072662     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2013.780497     Document Type: Article

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