Family-, media-, and school-related risk factors of video game addiction: A 5-year longitudinal study

Journal of Media Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 118-128

  Rehbein, Florian ^a   Baier, Dirk ^a  

^a Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer game addiction; Extensive gaming; Extensive video game playing; Video game addiction; Video game overuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882790599     PISSN: 18641105     EISSN: 21512388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000093     Document Type: Article

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