Social gaming, lonely life? The impact of digital game play on adolescents’ social circles

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Highlights：

• The impact of video game play on adolescent social circles were evaluated.

• The results provide support for the emergence of social displacement effects.

• Social online play corresponds with smaller, lower quality, offline social circles.

• Social offline play does not relate to offline social circle size or quality.

摘要

•The impact of video game play on adolescent social circles were evaluated.•The results provide support for the emergence of social displacement effects.•Social online play corresponds with smaller, lower quality, offline social circles.•Social offline play does not relate to offline social circle size or quality.

论文关键词：Video games,Online video games,Adolescents,Social displacement,Social circles

论文评审过程：Available online 4 May 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.04.003