A vacation from your mind: Problematic online gaming is a stress response

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 248-260

  Snodgrass, Jeffrey G ^a   Lacy, Michael G ^a   Dengah, Francois ^b   Eisenhauer, Scarlett ^c   Batchelder, Greg ^d   Cookson, Robert J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive diversion; Engagement; Internet addiction; Online computer games; Stress; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERNET; STRESSES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ENGAGEMENT; INTERNET ADDICTION; OFF-LINE PROBLEMS; PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE; PROBLEMATIC ONLINE GAMINGS; RESEARCH SUPPORT; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WORLD OF WARCRAFT;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84903848822     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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