Motivational characteristics of Turkish MMORPG players

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-125

  Dindar, Muhterem ^a   Akbulut, Yavuz ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

MMORPG; Online gaming; Self determination Theory; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893920271     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.016     Document Type: Article

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