Clinical and Personality Correlates of MMO Gaming: Anxiety and Absorption in Problematic Internet Use

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 424-436

  Cole, Sadie H ^a   Hooley, Jill M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; Internet addiction; online gaming; personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879539943     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439312475280     Document Type: Article

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