Online Game Addiction among Chinese College Students Measurement and Attribution

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2009:144:149-54.

Abstract

This study made an initial attempt to measure and attribute online game addiction among Chinese college students. We generated three factors of online game addiction: Control Disorder, Conflict, and Injury, as well as proposed a comprehensive model that attributed online game addiction to three groups of driving forces: environmental influences (most significant), characteristics of online games, and personal reasons.

MeSH terms

  • Behavior, Addictive*
  • Humans
  • Recreation
  • Social Perception
  • Students
  • Video Games*