Pediatr. praxi 2018; 19(1): 35-40 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2018.007

Manifestations of addictive behaviour among the child players of the Minecraft game from the perspective of quantitative
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doc. Mgr. Kamil Kopecký, Ph.D., PhDr. René Szotkowski, Ph.D.
Centrum prevence rizikové virtuální komunikace Pedagogické fakulty Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci

The paper focuses on the analysis of online addictive behaviour among the players of the popular Minecraft game, using the quantitativeresearch conducted at the turn of 2016 and 2017 in the Czech Republic. Over 2 300 players participated in the survey (n = 2 331). Theauthors focus primarily on the phenomena of excessive play of this game on the psychological, physiological and behavioural plane.

Keywords: Minecraft, online gaming, cyberbullying, cybergrooming, sexting, addictive behaviour, netolism.

Published: March 1, 2018  Show citation

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Kopecký K, Szotkowski R. Manifestations of addictive behaviour among the child players of the Minecraft game from the perspective of quantitative
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