The influence of competition, cooperation, and player relationship in a motor performance centered computer game

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2100-2106

  Peng, Wei ^a   Hsieh, Gary ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Computer game; Cooperation; Goal commitment; Motivation; Player relationship

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAME; COOPERATION; GOAL COMMITMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTI-PLAYER GAMING; PLAYER RELATIONSHIP;

COMPETITION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MOTIVATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 84865614772     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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