Examining motivations to play pokémon go and their influence on perceived outcomes and physical activity

JMIR Serious Games

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Marquet, Oriol ^a   Alberico, Claudia ^a   Adlakha, Deepti ^b   Hipp, J Aaron ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excercise; Exergames; Games, recreational; Gaming outcomes; Motivation; Physical activity; Pok mon GO

Indexed keywords

EID: 85038859882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22919279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/games.8048     Document Type: Article

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