Development and validation of the Gaming Motivation Scale (GAMS)

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 827-831

  Lafrenière, Marc André K ^a   Verner Filion, Jérémie ^a   Vallerand, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extrinsic motivation; Gaming motivation; Intrinsic motivation; Self determination theory; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865568116     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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