Investigating risk factors for internet gaming disorder: A comparison of patients with addictive gaming, pathological gamblers and healthy controls regarding the big five personality traits

European Addiction Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 129-136

  Muller K W ^a   Beutel, M E ^a   Egloff, B ^a   Wolfling K ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Addictive behavior; Big Five personality traits; Internet gaming disorder; Online games; Pathological gambling; Personality traits; Predispositions; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BERLIN INVENTORY FOR GAMBLING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXTRAVERSION; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERNET AND COMPUTER GAME ADDICTION; INTERNET GAMING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEO FIVE FACTOR INVENTORY; NEUROSIS; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ADDICTION; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GAMBLING; INTERNET; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGREEABLENESS; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MENTAL PATIENT; OPENNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898904417     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355832     Document Type: Article

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