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Exploring the Links Between Personality Traits and Motivations to Play Online Games
- Authors
- Park, Jowon; Song, Yosep; Teng, Ching-I
- Issue Date
- Dec-2011
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
- Keywords
- Leisure Activities; questionnaire; achievement; Humans; motivation; Male; psychological aspect; personality; Motivation; Video Games; Questionnaires; human relation; Adult; Female; Achievement; female; human; leisure; Interpersonal Relations; Play and Pla
- Citation
- Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, v.14, no.12, pp.747 - 751
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- Journal Title
- Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
- Volume
- 14
- Number
- 12
- Start Page
- 747
- End Page
- 751
- ISSN
- 2152-2715
- Abstract
- The present study explores the links between personality traits and motivations to play online games. We identified the underlying dimensions of motivations to play online games, examined how personality traits predict motivation, and investigated how personality traits predict online gaming behavior (i.e., playing time and preference for game genres). Factor analyses identified five motivational factors: relationships, adventure, escapism, relaxation, and achievement. The regression analyses indicated that two personality traits, extraversion and agreeableness, predicted various motivations; however, personality traits did not affect the playing time and game genre preference.
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- Park, Jo won
- COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION (DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA & SOCIAL INFORMATICS)