"I feel more connected to the physically ideal mini me than the mirror-image mini me": Theoretical implications of the "malleable self" for speculations on the effects of avatar creation on avatar-self connection in Wii

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 567-570

  Jin, Seung A Annie ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECREATION; SELF CONCEPT;

BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958192025     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2009.0243     Document Type: Article

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