What determines video game use? : the impact of users’ habits, addictive tendencies, and intentions to play

• Main Authors: Hartmann, Tilo, Jung, Younbo, Vorderer, Peter
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Alternative media; DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Audience research; DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Applied psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100903; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18218
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The present study explores the role of intentions, habits, and addictive tendencies in people’s video game use. The approach sets out from the assumption that both habits and addictive tendencies determine higher amounts of video game use. However, the present study examines if this impact of both h...