Heavy spenders in digital games: expenditure disparities and associations between microtransactions, gaming disorder and gambling disorder among adolescents.
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- 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1867460
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- 2026
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- Frontiers in public health
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@article{allodium:10.3389/fpubh.2026.1867460,
title = {Heavy spenders in digital games: expenditure disparities and associations between microtransactions, gaming disorder and gambling disorder among adolescents.},
author = {Meschik M and Hammer E and Malischnig D and Wächter N and Griffiths MD},
year = {2026},
journal = {Frontiers in public health},
doi = {10.3389/fpubh.2026.1867460},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1867460}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Heavy spenders in digital games: expenditure disparities and associations between microtransactions, gaming disorder and gambling disorder among adolescents. AU - Meschik M AU - Hammer E AU - Malischnig D AU - Wächter N AU - Griffiths MD PY - 2026 JO - Frontiers in public health DO - 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1867460 UR - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1867460 ER -
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M, M., E, H., D, M., N, W., & MD, G. (2026). Heavy spenders in digital games: expenditure disparities and associations between microtransactions, gaming disorder and gambling disorder among adolescents.. Frontiers in public health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1867460