CcaM strives to better understand the role of the media in children's and adolescents' lives.
Jeroen Lemmens
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Jeroen Lemmens Researcher E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Jeroen Lemmens obtained his doctorate in November 2010 at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research with his dissertation on the causes and consequences of pathological gaming. During his time as a PhD-student, he investigated the psychosocial antecedents and consequences of online computer game addiction among adolescents. The project consisted of (a) the creation of a reliable and valid survey instrument to measure computer and video game addiction; (b) an investigation of the relationship between game addiction, impulse control, and attentional bias; (c) a longitudinal study of the psychosocial causes and consequences of game addiction among adolescents, and (d) a longitudinal study on the effects of pathological gaming on aggressive behavior. |
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