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http://dx.doi.org/10.7583/JKGS.2013.13.3.105

What are Computer Games for Adolescents?  

Kim, Tae-Yeon (Dept. of Child Development & Family Studies, Seoul National University)
Choi, Naya (Dept. of Child Development & Family Studies, The Catholic University of Korea)
Yi, Soon-Hyung (Dept. of Child Development & Family Studies, Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Korea Game Society / v.13, no.3, 2013 , pp. 105-120 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we tried to find out various characteristics of adolescents' computer game using out of functionalism. We used in-depth interviews to 18 adolescents to investigate what they think about games and how they use games. Adolescents showed positive perspectives and had mature attitudes to games. Games are leisure activities which can be carried out only after finishing homework, the fiction which is less important than the reality, something that needs proper restriction. Also, peer group strongly affected their game using.
Keywords
adolescents; game using; game addiction;
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