Measuring problem video game playing in adolescents
- 11 December 2002
- Vol. 97 (12), 1601-1606
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00218.x
Abstract
Aims Some researchers suggest that for some people, video game playing is an addictive behaviour similar to substance dependence. Our aim was to design and validate a scale to measure the problems a...Keywords
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