Gratification, loneliness, leisure boredom, and self-esteem as predictors of SNS-game addiction and usage pattern among chinese college students

International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 34-48

  Zhou, Selina Xingyuan ^a   Leung, Louis ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese college students; Gratifications; Leisure boredom; Loneliness; Self esteem; Social network sites game (SNS Game)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880565641     PISSN: 21557136     EISSN: 21557144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijcbpl.2012100103     Document Type: Article

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