Awareness of Risk Factors for Digital Game Addiction: Interviewing Players and Counselors

Kneer, Julia; Rieger, Diana; Ivory, James D. und Ferguson, Christopher (2014): Awareness of Risk Factors for Digital Game Addiction: Interviewing Players and Counselors. In: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, Bd. 12, Nr. 5: S. 585-599

Abstract

The potential dangers of digital games for the development of game addiction among their players are discussed in media as well as in scientific research. Research so far has identified several potential risk factors among social settings, traits, and playing motives. The present study provides first insights into the perceptions of risk

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Keywords: Addiction;Digital games;Online gaming;Pathological gaming;Problematic gaming;video games
• Fakultät: Sozialwissenschaften > Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienforschung (IfKW)
• Themengebiete: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie ; 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 300 Sozialwissenschaft, Soziologie
• ISSN: 1557-1874
• Sprache: Englisch