Publication details
Charakteristiky hráčů počítačových her v adolescenci
| Title in English | Characteristics of computer games players in adolescence |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 1999 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Československá psychologie |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://cspsych.psu.cas.cz/result.php?from=161&to=161 |
| Field | Psychology |
| Keywords | computer games; big five; adolescence |
| Description | Playing computer games is popular leisure time activity among adolescents. A total of 393 adolescents between 15 - 21 years of age completed two questionnaires. We considered demographic characteristics, motivation for playing computer games, favourite types of computer games, differences in personality characteristics and differences in self-rating. For description of personality was used five factors model of personality Big Five. Gender differences in playing computer games and differences between infrequent and frequent players were investigated. Several differences between frequent and infrequent players in preferences of types of computer games, characteristics of personality and self-rating were discovered. |