"It feels right. therefore, i feel present and enjoy": The effects of regulatory fit and the mediating roles of social presence and self-presence in avatar-based 3D virtual environments

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-116

  Annie Jin, Seung A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS; PATH ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FOCUS; SECOND LIFE; SOCIAL PRESENCE;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 79958295131     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/pres_a_00038     Document Type: Article

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