Motives Matter: Motives for Playing Pokémon Go and Implications for Well-Being

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 52-57

  Yang, Chia Chen ^a   Liu, Dong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Gaming; Gaming motive; Mobile game; Well being

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; EXERCISE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; WELLBEING; ADULT; FRIEND; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATION; VIDEO GAME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RECREATION; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85009477610     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2016.0562     Document Type: Article

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