Loot box engagement: relationships with educational attainment, employment status and earnings in a cohort of 16 000 United Kingdom gamers.

James Close Stuart Gordon Spicer Laura Louise Nicklin Joanne Lloyd Helen M Lloyd

Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2022)

The demographic associations of video game loot box engagement (younger age, male sex, non-university educational attainment and unemployment) mirror those of other addictive and problematic behaviours, including disordered gambling, drug and alcohol misuse.

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