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http://dx.doi.org/10.7583/JKGS.2017.17.2.107

An Analysis on the Relationship between Game and Happiness  

Choi, Seong-Rak (Dongyang Mirae University)
Choi, Jeong-Min (Sogang University)
Seo, Sun-Bok (Chosun University)
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Journal of Korea Game Society / v.17, no.2, 2017 , pp. 107-116 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study analyze the relationships between game and adolescent's happiness. By survey of middle school and high school students in Pusan, this study want to find how playing game influences the happiness of middle school and high school students. In result, playing game and having a good grade influences adolescent's happiness. But whether one is good at game and how long one plays game are not the factors which influences adolescent's happiness. The adolescents who play game are more happier than the adolescents who don't play game. And playing game is more important factor to adolescent's happiness than having a good grade.
Keywords
adolescent; game; happiness; adolescent's happiness;
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