Core and Peripheral Criteria of Video Game Addiction in the Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 280-285

  Brunborg, Geir Scott ^a,b   Hanss, Daniel ^a   Mentzoni, Rune Aune ^a   Pallesen, Ståle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEO GAME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATING; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929309594     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2014.0509     Document Type: Article

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