Addiction and Engagement: An Explorative Study Toward Classification Criteria for Internet Gaming Disorder

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 343-349

  Lehenbauer Baum, Mario ^a,b   Klaps, Armin ^a   Kovacovsky, Zuzana ^a   Witzmann, Karolin ^a   Zahlbruckner, Raphaela ^a   Stetina, Birgit U ^a  

^a SIGMUND FREUD UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIDEO GAME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931312646     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2015.0063     Document Type: Article

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