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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- 2026-08-21
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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 = {Markus Meschik and Elena Hammer and Doris Malischnig and Natalia Wächter and Mark D. Griffiths},
year = {2026},
journal = {Frontiers in Public Health},
doi = {10.3389/fpubh.2026.1867460},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1867460}
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TY - JOUR TI - Heavy spenders in digital games: expenditure disparities and associations between microtransactions, gaming disorder and gambling disorder among adolescents AU - Markus Meschik AU - Elena Hammer AU - Doris Malischnig AU - Natalia Wächter AU - Mark D. Griffiths 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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Meschik, M., Hammer, E., Malischnig, D., Wächter, N., & Griffiths, M. D. (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
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