Relationship between passion and motivation for gaming in players of massively multiplayer online role-playing games

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 292-297

  Fuster, Héctor ^a   Chamarro, Andrés ^b   Carbonell, Xavier ^a   Vallerand, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; ROLE PLAYING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE PLAYING; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900000456     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2013.0349     Document Type: Article

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