Unpopular, overweight, and socially inept: Reconsidering the stereotype of online gamers

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 141-146

  Kowert, Rachel ^a   Festl, Ruth ^b   Quandt, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEREOTYPING; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897815603     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2013.0118     Document Type: Article

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