Pleasure to play, arousal to stay: The effect of player emotions on digital game preferences and playing time

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Poels, Karolien ^a   Hoogen, Wouter Van Den ^b   Ijsselsteijn, Wijnand ^b   De Kort, Yvonne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLEASURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLEASURE; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855939046     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2010.0040     Document Type: Article

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