Individual differences in motives, preferences, and pathology in video games: The gaming attitudes, motives, and experiences scales (GAMES)

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Hilgard, Joseph ^a   Engelhardt, Christopher R ^a   Bartholow, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Game addiction; Game pathology; Motives for game play; Player personality; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885350925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00608     Document Type: Article

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