Investigating gameplay intention of the elderly using an Extended Technology Acceptance Model (ETAM)

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 107, Issue , 2016, Pages 59-68

  Wang, Qingfeng ^a   Sun, Xu ^b  

^a The University of Nottingham Ningbo China   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBO CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Digital games; Elderly people; Extended Technology Acceptance Model; Game narrative; Gameplay intention; Hierarchical regression analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAMES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

DIGITAL GAMES; ELDERLY PEOPLE; EXTENDED TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODELS; GAME NARRATIVE; GAMEPLAY; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MODELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84964825142     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.10.024     Document Type: Article

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