Massively multiplayer online role-playing games: comparing characteristics of addict vsnon-addict online recruited gamers in a French adult population
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Massively multiplayer online role-playing games: comparing characteristics of addict vs non-addict online recruited gamers in a French adult population
BACKGROUND Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) are a very popular and enjoyable leisure activity, and there is a lack of international validated instruments to assess excessive gaming. With the growing number of gamers worldwide, adverse effects (isolation, hospitalizations, excessive use, etc.) are observed in a minority of gamers, which is a concern for society and for t...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Psychiatry
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244x-11-144