Free-to-play: About addicted Whales, at risk Dolphins and healthy Minnows. Monetarization design and Internet Gaming Disorder

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 64, Issue , 2017, Pages 328-333

  Dreier, M ^a   Wolfling K ^a   Duven, E ^a   Giralt, S ^a   Beutel, M E ^a   Muller K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Average Revenue per (paying) User (ARPU); Distress; Free to play; Internet Gaming Disorder; Monetarization; Psychopathology; Whales

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; VIDEO GAME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84970046209     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.03.008     Document Type: Article

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