The play experience scale: Development and validation of a measure of play

Human Factors

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 214-225

  Pavlas, Davin ^a   Jentsch, Florian ^a   Salas, Eduardo ^a   Fiore, Stephen M ^a   Sims, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

game; measure; motivation; PES; play; serious games

Indexed keywords

GAME; MEASURE; PES; PLAY; SERIOUS GAMES;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; MOTIVATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RECREATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859350319     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720811434513     Document Type: Article

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