| Title |
Friends, fun, frustration and fantasy: Child motivations for video game play
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Motivation and Emotion, March 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11031-012-9284-7 |
| Authors |
Christopher J. Ferguson, Cheryl K. Olson |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 322 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | <1% |
| United States | 3 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 309 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 54 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 51 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 43 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 27 | 8% |
| Researcher | 26 | 8% |
| Other | 49 | 15% |
| Unknown | 72 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 87 | 27% |
| Social Sciences | 49 | 15% |
| Computer Science | 32 | 10% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 11 | 3% |
| Arts and Humanities | 10 | 3% |
| Other | 45 | 14% |
| Unknown | 88 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
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#6,981,937
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#44,096
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#2
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