Online addiction

Asking the players: a mental models approach to how long-term players of a massively multiplayer online game perceive the risks associated with gaming

“…He indicated that the social needs, loneliness and confidence predicted Internet addiction among players (p. 95). Likewise, Sanders et al (2010) found that MMORPG gaming leads to higher rates of information disclosure and that posit that such players were more vulnerable to exploitation and predation.…”