Psychological predictors of problematic involvement in massively multiplayer online role-playing games : illustration in a sample of male cybercafé players
- Billieux, Joël
- Chanal, Julien
- Khazaal, Yasser
- Rochat, Lucien
- Gay, Philippe
- Zullino, Daniele
- Van der Linden, Martial
Publication date
January 2011
DOI Publisher
S. Karger AG ISSN
1423-033X Citation count (estimate)
79Abstract
Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) are video games in which a large number of players interact with one another in a persistent virtual world. MMORPGs can become problematic and result in negative outcomes in daily living (e.g. loss of control on gaming behaviors, compromised social and individual quality of life). The aim of the present study is to investigate psychological predictors of problematic involvement in MMORPGs
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