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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN lang=NL style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Dear all, beste game onderzoekers in Nederland en Vlaanderen,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN lang=NL style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">op vrijdag 3 oktober 2008 vindt van 15-17 u de volgende bijeenkomst van game onderzoekers plaats. Het is net als vorig jaar in de Facultyclub <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">“Helios”, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Kanunnikenzaal,</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> addres: Achter de Dom 7a, Utrecht. <A href="http://www.helios.uu.nl/">http://www.helios.uu.nl/</A> <BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN lang=NL style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN lang=NL style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">We leggen op dit moment de laatste hand aan het programma van twee lezingen. Een nadere aankondiging volgt later deze week. Plus de hyperlink om je aan te melden voor deze gratis bijeenkomst.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN lang=NL style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">De eerste lezing voor 3 oktober staat al vast. We zijn erg blij dat Jeroen Lemmens (ASCoR, UvA) bereid is ons in te lichten over zijn onderzoek naar het vaststellen van game verslaving onder adolescenten.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="COLOR: black"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Development and Validation of a Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents by Jeroen Lemmens (ASCoR, UvA)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="COLOR: black"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>The main aim of our study was to develop and validate a scale to measure computer and videogame addiction. The structure of this scale was investigated using two surveys among 721 Dutch adolescent gamers. Measures previously found to be related to game addiction (i.e., usage, loneliness, life satisfaction, social competence, aggression, self-esteem, and self-control) were used to assess convergent and criterion-related construct validity. We believe our results show that we have developed a solid theory-based instrument to measure game addiction among adolescents</FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN lang=NL style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN lang=NL style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Noteer ook vast de data voor de volgende bijeenkomsten:</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN lang=NL style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> 12 december 2008; 6 maart 2009; 15 mei 2009<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN lang=NL style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">met vriendelijke groet, namens de programmacommissie en Mark Overmars (AGS),</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN lang=NL style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">Jeroen Jansz</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dr Jeroen Jansz</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>University of Amsterdam</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Department of Communication Science</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oost Indisch Huis, Room D 109a</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kloveniersburgwal 48</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1012 CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>phone: (+31) 20 525 3387</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>fax: (+31) 20 525 3681</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>email: <A href="mailto:j.jansz@uva.nl">j.jansz@uva.nl</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>website: <A href="http://users.fmg.uva.nl/jjansz">http://users.fmg.uva.nl/jjansz</A></FONT></DIV>
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