
ERIC Number: EJ429672
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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Amusement Machine Playing in Childhood and Adolescence: A Comparative Analysis of Video Games and Fruit Machines.
Griffiths, Mark D.
Journal of Adolescence, v14 n1 p53-73 Mar 1991
Attempts to put ongoing U.S. and United Kingdom amusement machine debates into empirical perspective. Conducts comparative analysis of video games and fruit machines (slot machines) by examining incidence of play, sex differences and psychological characteristics of machine players, observational findings in arcade settings, alleged negative consequences of amusement machine playing, and appraisal of amusement machines' positive aspects. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Foreign Countries, Games, Psychological Characteristics, Sex Differences, Video Games
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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