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Interpersonal dependency and online gaming addiction [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Behavioral Addictions, 2015
Background and aims The present study explores the relationship between social motivations and addiction to online gaming and if that possible connection can be explained by the personality traits responsible for social functioning.
Blinka, Lukas, Škařupová, Kateřina
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Loyalty towards online games, gaming addiction, and purchase intention towards online mobile in-game features [PDF]

open access: yesComputers in Human Behavior, 2018
The most important stream of game developers' revenue is arguably via gamer's in-game purchases. Previous literature has identified a number of strong determinants of online purchase intention including values, consumer experience, lifestyle, security ...
Balakrishnan, J, Griffiths, MD
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Online Gaming Addiction? Motives Predict Addictive Play Behavior in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games [PDF]

open access: yesCyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2012
Recently, there have been growing concerns about excessive online gaming. Playing Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) appears to be particularly problematic, because these games require a high degree of commitment and time investment from the players to the detriment of occupational, social, and other recreational activities and ...
Kuss, DJ, Louws, J, Wiers, RW
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Online Game Addiction in Adolescents

open access: yesJournal of Health and Behavioral Science, 2023
Online gaming addiction is a disorder caused by excessive gaming habits. Addiction can harm a person's psychological health. Addicted online gamers can do negative things, such as being aggressive, saying dirty or rude words, abandoning important activities, and changing in eating and sleeping patterns.
Lona, Andhiny Febryani   +2 more
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Addiction to the Internet and Online Gaming [PDF]

open access: yesCyberPsychology & Behavior, 2005
As computer and Internet use become a staple of everyday life, the potential for overuse is introduced, which may lead to addiction. Research on Internet addiction has shown that users can become addicted to it. Addiction to the Internet shares some of the negative aspects of substance addiction and has been shown to lead to consequences such as ...
Brian D, Ng, Peter, Wiemer-Hastings
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Online Game Addiction Behavior in Teenagers

open access: yesIndonesian Journal of Cultural and Community Development, 2021
This study aims to understand and find out about addictive behavior in playing online games Higgs Domino Island among teenagers. ” which has an addictive effect on the players. This research method uses qualitative methods, the informant determination technique used in this study is the purposive sampling technique, data collection obtained from ...
Moch Farhan Kamil   +1 more
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Massively multiplayer online game addiction: Instrument development and validation [PDF]

open access: yesInformation & Management, 2015
The primary objective of this paper is to develop and validate an instrument for massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) addiction. Three stages of instrument development were undertaken to achieve this objective: item generation, scale development, and instrument testing.
Zach W.Y. Lee   +2 more
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In Search of Factors to Online Game Addiction and its Implications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Research has explored online users who are hooked on Internet applications such as chat rooms, web surfing, and interactive games. Online game addiction is one of the problems arisen from the use of the Internet.
Chen, Jeng-Chung V, Park, Yangil
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Video gaming in a hyperconnected world: A cross-sectional study of heavy gaming, problematic gaming symptoms, and online socializing in adolescents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Aims Examining online social interactions along with patterns of video gaming behaviors and game addiction symptoms has the potential to enrich our understanding of disorders related to excessive video game play.
Colder Carras, M. (Michelle)   +5 more
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