Catching more than pocket monsters: Pokémon Go's social and psychological effects on players

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Catching more than pocket monsters : Pokémon Go's social and psychological effects on players. / Ewell, Patrick J.; Quist, Michelle C.; Øverup, Camilla S.; Watkins, Heather; Guadagno, Rosanna E.

In: Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. 160, No. 2, 2020, p. 131-136.

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Harvard

Ewell, PJ, Quist, MC, Øverup, CS, Watkins, H & Guadagno, RE 2020, 'Catching more than pocket monsters: Pokémon Go's social and psychological effects on players', Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 160, no. 2, pp. 131-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2019.1629867

APA

Ewell, P. J., Quist, M. C., Øverup, C. S., Watkins, H., & Guadagno, R. E. (2020). Catching more than pocket monsters: Pokémon Go's social and psychological effects on players. Journal of Social Psychology, 160(2), 131-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2019.1629867

Vancouver

Ewell PJ, Quist MC, Øverup CS, Watkins H, Guadagno RE. Catching more than pocket monsters: Pokémon Go's social and psychological effects on players. Journal of Social Psychology. 2020;160(2):131-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2019.1629867

Author

Ewell, Patrick J. ; Quist, Michelle C. ; Øverup, Camilla S. ; Watkins, Heather ; Guadagno, Rosanna E. / Catching more than pocket monsters : Pokémon Go's social and psychological effects on players. In: Journal of Social Psychology. 2020 ; Vol. 160, No. 2. pp. 131-136.

Bibtex

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