The Pikachu effect: Social and health gaming motivations lead to greater benefits of Pokémon GO use

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 75, Issue , 2017, Pages 356-363

  Kaczmarek, Lukas Dominik ^a   Misiak, Michał ^b   Behnke, Maciej ^a   Dziekan, Martyna ^a   Guzik, Przemysław ^c  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Motivation; Physical activity; Pok mon GO

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MOTIVATION;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; HEALTH BEHAVIORS; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; MEASUREMENTS OF; NOVEL COMPONENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POTENTIAL HEALTH; SOCIAL MOTIVATIONS;

HEALTH;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 85019924274     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.05.031     Document Type: Article

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