Attention problems and pathological gaming: Resolving the 'chicken and egg' in a prospective analysis

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-110

  Ferguson, Christopher J ^a   Ceranoglu, T Atilla ^b  

^a STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Attention problems; Grades; Pathological gaming; Video games

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMPLICATION; EDUCATION; ETIOLOGY; GAMBLING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS;

EID: 84896262917     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-013-9276-0     Document Type: Article

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