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- Authors
- Di Blasi, M., Giardina, A., Lo Coco, G., Giordano, C., Billieux, J., & Schimmenti, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Palermo (IT)
- Università degli Studi di Enna Kore (IT)
- Venue
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-07
- Volume
- 160
- Pages
- 109921
- ISSN
- 0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3008015180
- Cited by
- 40
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 6
- FWCI
- 2.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
- SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (publishedVersion)
- IRIS (submittedVersion)
- Nova Science Publishers (Nova Science Publishers, Inc.) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Keywords
- gaming addiction, vulnerable narcissism, grandiose narcissism, emotional dysregulation, escapism, play motivation, MMORPG, World of Warcraft, compensatory model, personality traits
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