Subtypes of adolescent video gamers: A latent class analysis

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-18

  Faulkner, Guy ^a,b   Irving, Hyacinth ^b   Adlaf, Edward M ^a,b   Turner, Nigel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Latent class analysis (LCA); Mental health; Ontario high school students; Ontario student drug use and health survey; Problem video game playing (PVP) scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939894189     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-014-9501-6     Document Type: Article

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