BLINKA, Lukáš and David ŠMAHEL. Addiction to Online Role-Playing Games. In Internet Addiction: A Handbook and Guide to Evaluation and Treatment. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley, 2010, p. 73-90. ISBN 978-0-470-55116-5.
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Original name Addiction to Online Role-Playing Games
Authors BLINKA, Lukáš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and David ŠMAHEL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Hoboken, New Jersey, Internet Addiction: A Handbook and Guide to Evaluation and Treatment, p. 73-90, 18 pp. 2010.
Publisher Wiley
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Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/10:00045276
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
ISBN 978-0-470-55116-5
Keywords in English addictive behaviour; online role playing games; addiction treatment
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: prof. PhDr. David Šmahel, Ph.D., učo 3068. Changed: 13/3/2013 07:14.
Abstract
Online role-playing games (MMORPGs) belongs to one of the most extensive Internet applications and as such are also frequently discussed by academics, media and professionals as potentially leading their gamers to overuse and addiction. These games, like World of Warcraft e.g., became immensely popular with dozens of millions of gamers worldwide. Significant feature of these games is the intensity how long gamers stay online; it is more then 25 hours with frequent periods of playing more then 8 hours in a raw. The majority of gamers are males in the age between late adolescents and young adulthood. The factors of addiction in the game features are described, mainly pointing out persistency of the game, social bounds and easiness to reach flow state. On the contrary, the factors of addiction on the player site are introduced as well, identifying lower self-esteem and self-efficacy as key factors.
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