Dispelling the myth of the socio-emotionally dissatisfied gamer

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-31

  Herodotou, C ^a   Kambouri, M ^a   Winters, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic Psychological Needs; Gamers; Motivation; Social interaction; Well being

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC COMMUNITY; GAMERS; MASSIVELY MULTI-PLAYER ONLINE GAMES; PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; WELL-BEING; WORLD OF WARCRAFT;

MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84890471006     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.054     Document Type: Article

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