Characteristics of Social Network Gamers: in between Social Networking and Online Role-Playing Games

Characteristics of Social Network Gamers: in between Social Networking and Online Role-Playing Games

Current research on internet addiction (IA) reported moderate to high prevalence rates of IA and comorbid psychiatric symptoms in users of social networking sites (SNS) and online role-playing games. The aim of this study was to characterise adult users of an internet multiplayer strategy game withi...

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Main Authors:	Olga eGeisel, Michael eSchneider, Anna eStickel, Patricia ePanneck, Christian A Müller
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:	Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:	alexithymia behavioural addiction Internet addiction social networking sites Online role-playing games Internet use disorder
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00069/full

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