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Söylemez, Aydin – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
This research investigates the prediction of delaying gratification on game addiction among primary school students who attend the 3rd and 4th-grade. This study, in which the delay of gratification behaviour correlated with game addiction among children, was carried out using a descriptive survey model. The study sample consisted of 318 students…
Descriptors: Delay of Gratification, Computer Games, Addictive Behavior, Elementary School Students
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King, Daniel L.; Delfabbro, Paul H.; Griffiths, Mark D. – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2011
The research literature suggests that the structural characteristics of video games may play a considerable role in the initiation, development and maintenance of problematic video game playing. The present study investigated the role of structural characteristics in video game playing behaviour within a sample of 421 video game players aged…
Descriptors: Play, Video Games, Role, Addictive Behavior
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Griffiths, Mark; Parke, Jonathan; Wood, Richard; Rigbye, Jane – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2010
Online poker is one of the fastest growing forms of online gambling yet there has been relatively little research to date. This study comprised 422 online poker players (362 males and 60 females) and investigated some of the predicting factors of online poker success and problem gambling using an online questionnaire. Results showed that length of…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Games, Internet, Prediction
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Saville, Bryan K.; Gisbert, Amanda; Kopp, Jason; Telesco, Carolyn – Psychological Record, 2010
To examine the relation between Internet addiction and delay discounting, we gave 276 college students a survey designed to measure Internet addiction and a paper-based delay-discounting task. In our larger sample, we identified 14 students who met the criteria for Internet addiction; we also identified 14 matched controls who were similar to the…
Descriptors: College Students, Addictive Behavior, Correlation, Grade Point Average