Model of online game addiction: The role of computer-mediated communication motives

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 904-915

  Liu, Chuang Chun ^a   Chang, I Cheng ^b  

^a TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Addiction; Computer mediated communication; Flow theory; Online game

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER GAMES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOFTWARE DESIGN;

ADDICTION; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; FLOW THEORIES; ON-LINE GAME ADDICTIONS; ON-LINE GAMES; PARTIAL LEAST-SQUARES METHOD; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

INTERNET;

EID: 84958817860     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2016.02.002     Document Type: Article

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