Psychological needs, purpose in life, and problem video game playing among Chinese young adults

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 583-590

  Wu, Anise M S ^a   Lei, Lamis L M ^a   Ku, Lisbeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Chinese; Purpose in life; Self determination theory; Video games; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881607110     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2012.658057     Document Type: Article

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