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Title:
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MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS AND SOCIAL RELATIONS ACROSS DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLAYERS AND GAMES |
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Author(s):
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Timo Baur, Castulus Kolo |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-18-2 |
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Editors:
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Katherine Blashki |
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Year:
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2010 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Computer games, playing motivation, personality strength, social support, social integration |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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3 |
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Last Page:
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10 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The paper presents first results from a study on gamers in Germany devoted to the observation and comparison of several socio-demographic, motivational and psychological factors in a variety of computer games differing by genre, recommended age and number of players. It can be shown that for a given socio-demographic segment every game exhibits a distinct motivational footprint depending on the games characteristics. Furthermore, depending on the game under consideration, the median values for the perceived social integration of the players differ significantly from game to game. On the other hand, no evidence was found for game-specific differences of gamers personality strength or perceived social support. |
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