Journal article
Online game addiction among adolescents: motivation and prevention factors
Abstract
Online game addiction has become a common phenomenon that affects many individuals and societies. In this study we rely on the functionalist perspective of human behavior and propose and test a balanced model of the antecedents of online game addiction among adolescents, which simultaneously focuses on motivating, and prevention and harm reduction forces. First, a sample of 163 adolescents was used for validating and refining a survey …
Authors
Xu Z; Turel O; Yuan Y
Journal
European Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 321–340
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
May 2012
DOI
10.1057/ejis.2011.56
ISSN
0960-085X