The Association between Addiction to Online Games and Students' Academic Engagement: Determining the Mediating Role

Masoud Soltani Nazarlou1, Mohammadagha Delavarpour1, Seyed Musa Tabatabaee2

  • 1Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.

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