Gamers just want to have fun? Toward an understanding of the online game acceptance

Yoon, Giwan; Duff, Brittany R. L.; Ryu, SeoungHo

doi:10.1111/jasp.12133

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“…Moreover, characteristics of the app might have been less suitable for males, thus leading to reduced effects. For example, males may have a preference for games involving competition and show greater motivation to play in a social context compared to their female counterparts (Lucas & Sherry, 2004; Veltri et al, 2014; Yoon et al, 2013). The gamified app used in the present study had few competitive aspects and was not explicitly social.…”

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“…Such differences may be particularly important to consider in the context of gamified mental health interventions (Veltri, Krasnova, Baumann, & Kalayamthanam, 2014). Overall, studies have shown that females play games less frequently, have less of a preference for games involving competition and a show a reduced motivation to play in a social context compared to male counterparts (Lucas & Sherry, 2004; Veltri et al, 2014; Yoon, Duff, & Ryu, 2013). Although gender difference in attention biases are poorly understood (Bar-Haim et al, 2007; Sass et al, 2010), one study showed that females with elevated mood symptoms, such as anxiety and depression, are more likely to show biased processing of threat and other negative information and less reduction of biases via training (Beshai, Prentice, Dobson, & Nicpon, 2014).…”

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For whom the bell tolls: Neurocognitive individual differences in the acute stress-reduction effects of an attention bias modification game for anxiety

Dennis-Tiwary

Egan

Babkirk

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Behaviour Research and Therapy

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The efficacy of attention bias modification training (ABMT) for anxiety is debated, in part because individual differences in task engagement and pre-training threat bias impact training efficacy. In the present study, an engaging, gamified ABMT mobile application, or “app,” was utilized in 42 (21 females) trait-anxious adults. EEG was recorded during pre- and post-training threat bias assessment to generate scalp-recorded event-related potentials (ERPs) reflecting neurocognitive responses to threat. Following app play (ABMT versus placebo), subjective anxiety and stress responses (observed and self-reported) were measured. ABMT, versus placebo, resulted in improved behavioral performance during the stress task for females only. No difference was found between training groups in self-reported anxiety. ABMT resulted in improved performance during the stress task among those evidencing specific pre-training ERP responses: decreased P1 amplitudes, suggesting less attention allocation, but potentiated N170 amplitudes, suggesting enhanced attention selection and discrimination. Individual differences in behavioral threat bias did not moderate training effects. Results suggest that efficient initial allocation of attention to threat combined with enhanced recruitment of sensory gain mechanisms may underlie positive ABMT effects on anxiety-related stress. Targeting neurocognitive responses to threat to personalize ABMT and develop more effective methods of treatment delivery, such as gamification, are discussed.

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For whom the bell tolls: Neurocognitive individual differences in the acute stress-reduction effects of an attention bias modification game for anxiety

Dennis-Tiwary

Egan

Babkirk

et al. 2016

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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“…Yoon et al () used the technology acceptance model and found that enjoyment, usefulness, and economic value impact gamers' attitude to online games. While the study of Yoon et al () emphasized the economic value of online gaming, this study highlights the social value of online gaming. Specifically, gamers enjoy social activities with real people within computer‐mediated environments to experience sense of community and build social capital.…”

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“…Social networks in various online media have been widely investigated. Among them, online games have been a recent focus in both the literature on communication (e.g., Taylor, Jenson, de Castell, & Dilouya, ; Yoon, Duff, & Ryu, ) and electronic commerce (e.g., Hsiao & Chiou, ; Wu & Liu, ). Focal issues include why gamers continue to play online games, and social aspects have been verified as providing critical impetus.…”

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How Do Online Game Communities Retain Gamers? Social Presence and Social Capital Perspectives

Tseng

Huang

Teng

2015

J Comput-Mediat Comm

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“…Therefore, the reasons and motivations as to why people use them can also be expected to vary. Thus far however, games have commonly been seen as a singular type of technology: "Gamers just want to have fun" (Wu & Li 2007;Yoon et al 2013).…”

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Why do people play games? A meta-analysis

Hamari

Keronen

2017

International Journal of Information Management

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During the last decade games have arguably become the largest form of leisure information systems (IS). However, today games are also increasingly being employed for a variety of instrumental purposes. Although games have garnered a substantial amount of research attention during the last decade, research literature is scattered and there is still a lack of a clear and reliable understanding of why games are being used, and how they are placed in the established utilitarian-hedonic continuum of information systems. To address this gap, we conducted a meta-analysis of the quantitative body of literature that has examined the reasons for using games (48 studies). Additionally, we compared the findings across games that are intended for either leisure or instrumental use. Even though games are generally regarded as a pinnacle form of hedonically-oriented ISs, our results show that enjoyment and usefulness are equally important determinants for using them (though their definitive role varies between game types). Therefore, it can be posited that games are multipurpose ISs which nevertheless rely on hedonic factors, even in the pursuit of instrumental outcomes. The present study contributes to and advances our theoretical and empirical understanding of multipurpose ISs and the ways in which they are used.

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Gamers just want to have fun? Toward an understanding of the online game acceptance

Cited by 44 publications

References 46 publications

For whom the bell tolls: Neurocognitive individual differences in the acute stress-reduction effects of an attention bias modification game for anxiety

For whom the bell tolls: Neurocognitive individual differences in the acute stress-reduction effects of an attention bias modification game for anxiety

How Do Online Game Communities Retain Gamers? Social Presence and Social Capital Perspectives

Why do people play games? A meta-analysis

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