Towards classification criteria for internet gaming disorder: Debunking differences between addiction and high engagement in a German sample of World of Warcraft players

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 345-351

  Lehenbauer Baum, Mario ^a   Fohringer, Martina ^b  

^a SIGMUND FREUD UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Addiction; Engagement; Immersion; Internet addiction; Internet gaming disorder; World of Warcraft

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ADDICTION; ENGAGEMENT; IMMERSION; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERNET GAMING; WORLD OF WARCRAFT;

INTERNET;

EID: 84922731577     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.098     Document Type: Article

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