Parental Influences on Pathological Symptoms of Video-Gaming Among Children and Adolescents: A Prospective Study

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1429-1441

  Choo, Hyekyung ^a   Sim, Timothy ^b   Liau, Albert K F ^c   Gentile, Douglas A ^d   Khoo, Angeline ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Parental restriction; Parent child closeness; Pathological video gaming; Singapore; Video gaming addiction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896415362     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-014-9949-9     Document Type: Article

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