Playing alone, playing with others: Differences in player experience and indicators of wellbeing

CHI PLAY 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 3-12

  Vella, Kellie ^a   Johnson, Daniel ^a   Hides, Leanne ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Player experience; Psychology; Self determination theory; Social capital; Social interaction; Video games; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

PLAYER EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-DETERMINATION THEORIES; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; VIDEO GAME; WELLBEING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84958775478     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2793107.2793118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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