Motivations for videogame play: Predictors of time spent playing

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 805-812

  Johnson, Daniel ^a   Gardner, John ^b   Sweetser, Penelope ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amount of play; Flow; Genre; Motivations; Self determination theory; Videogames

Indexed keywords

MOTIVATION; SURVEYS;

AMOUNT OF PLAY; FLOW; GENRE; SELF-DETERMINATION THEORIES; VIDEO GAME;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

FEMALE; GENDER; HABIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; VIDEO GAME; WELLBEING;

EID: 84975523078     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.06.028     Document Type: Article

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