Research Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2017
Volume: 12
Issue: 3
Page No. 324 - 329

Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior to Computer Game Addiction of Adolescents

Authors : Ali Vafaee Najar, Hossein Ebrahimipour, Hadi Tehrani, Maryam Masih-Abadi and Majid Rezai-Rad

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