Need Satisfaction Supportive Game Features as Motivational Determinants: An Experimental Study of a Self-Determination Theory Guided Exergame

Media Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-196

  Peng, Wei ^a   Lin, Jih Hsuan ^b   Pfeiffer, Karin A ^a   Winn, Brian ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84861991712     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2012.673850     Document Type: Article

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