Defining the virtual self: Personality, behavior, and the psychology of embodiment

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 976-983

  McCreery, Michael P ^a   Kathleen Krach, S ^b   Schrader, P G ^c   Boone, Randy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avatar; Massively multiplayer online games; Personality; Virtual environments; Virtual self

Indexed keywords

AVATAR; MASSIVELY MULTI-PLAYER ONLINE GAMES; PERSONALITY; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL SELF;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84857370842     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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