Antecedents and consequences of game addiction

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Highlights:

• Game addiction decreases academic performance.

• Game addiction hinders self-esteem and self-confidence.

• Computer gaming mostly preferred to other activities may cause game addiction.

• Males are more prone to be game addict than girls.

摘要

•Game addiction decreases academic performance.•Game addiction hinders self-esteem and self-confidence.•Computer gaming mostly preferred to other activities may cause game addiction.•Males are more prone to be game addict than girls.

论文关键词:Game addiction,Computer gaming,Online gaming,Academic performance,Self-esteem,Self-confidence

论文评审过程:Received 21 April 2015, Revised 27 September 2015, Accepted 1 October 2015, Available online 12 November 2015, Version of Record 12 November 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.10.002