The attraction of online games: An important factor for Internet Addiction

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 321-327

  Tone, Hui Jie ^a   Zhao, Hao Rui ^a   Yan, Wan Seng ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attraction; Internet Addiction; Online games; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS; ATTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTERNET ADDICTION; ON-LINE GAMES; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

SURVEYS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84886400858     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.09.017     Document Type: Article

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