The role of trait emotional intelligence in gamers’ preferences for play and frequency of gaming

Herodotou, Christothea; Kambouri, Maria; Winters, Niall

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2011.04.001

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“…The following hypotheses were partially confirmed: h 1 (importance of the game with eccentricity, attention seeking, distrust, isolation and criticism avoidance), h 2 (longer playing time with intellectual level), h 6 (live RPG with eccentricity and grandiosity), and h 8 (frequency of meetings with people to play with emotional awareness, joy, less distortion, and lower isolation). When analyzing the correlations, we found associations between the mentioned psychological characteristics and the preference for specific games, such as already observed in previous studies (Anderson et al, 2010;Chory & Goodboy, 2011;Engelhardt et al, 2011;Feng et al, 2007;Hasan et al, 2013;Herodotou et al, 2011;Peever et al, 2012;Suziedelyte, 2015). Thus, as predicted in the hypotheses, to assign more importance to the act of playing, we found an association between eccentric behaviors higher frequency, mistrust regarding others' intentions, and avoidance of criticism.…”

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Avaliação psicológica de jogadores de videogame, tabuleiro e live: personalidade, raciocínio e percepção emocional

Miguel

Carvalho

Dionísio³

2017

Psicologia - Teoria E Prática

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Abstract:This research aimed at investigating the relationship between gaming preferences and psychological characteristics: abstract and verbal reasoning, emotional perception, and pathological personality traits. To this end, 164 people participated in the study, predominantly women (75%) with a mean age of 18.93 (SD = 6.36) and that have finished high school or college, in its majority. They answered a gaming preferences questionnaire, the Computerized Test of Primary Emotions Perception (PEP), the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory (IDCP), and two subtests from the Battery of Reasoning Tests (BPR-5). The results indicated correlations that were consistent with most of the measures, with a significant majority of magnitudes that varied from .16 (Anger Distortion vs. Interest in violent games) to .41 (Emotional perception vs. Monthly frequency of playing with other people). Also, we determined the importance attributed to being a gamer by three personality traits: Grandiosity, Criticism avoidance, and Impulsiveness. We found association tendencies between psychological characteristics and game preference, in a way that attributing higher importance to gaming was associated with higher frequency of eccentric behaviors, suspicion towards others' intentions, and avoiding criticism. We have discussed the relations we found, and we concluded that there seems to be a typical profile for people who demonstrate a high tendency for gaming.Keywords: games; recreation; personality traits; emotional intelligence; intelligence measures. AVALIAÇÃO PSICOLÓGICA DE JOGADORES DE VIDEOGAME, TABULEIRO E LIVE: PERSONALIDADE, RACIOCÍNIO E PERCEPÇÃO EMOCIONALResumo: Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo investigar a relação entre preferência por jogos e características psicológicas: raciocínio abstrato e verbal, percepção de emoções e traços patológicos de personalidade. Para tanto, 164 pessoas participaram do estudo, predominantemente mulheres (75%) com idade média de 18,93 (DP = 6,36), e a maioria possuía ensino médio completo ou graduação. Os indivíduos responderam a um questionário de preferências de jogos, ao -dez. 2017. ISSN 1516-3687 (impresso), ISSN 1980 jogos violentos) e 0,41 (Percepção emocional vs. Quantas vezes por mês se reúne com outras pessoas para jogar). Além disso, a importância atribuída a ser um usuário de jogos foi predita principalmente por três traços da personalidade: Grandiosidade, Evitação a críticas e Impulsividade. Foi possível encontrar tendências de associação entre características psicológicas e a preferência por jogos, de modo que atribuir maior importância ao ato de jogar mostrou-se associado à maior frequência de comportamentos excêntricos, desconfiança quanto às intenções dos outros e evitação a críticas. As relações encontradas foram discutidas, o que possibilitou concluir que parece existir um perfil típico para pessoas que demonstram alta tendência para o ato de jogar.Revista Psicologia: Teoria e Prática, 19(3), 209-225. São Paulo, SP, set.Palavras-chave: jogos; recreação; traços de personal...

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“…The research conducted by Herodotou, Kambouri, and Winters (2011) investigated characteristics of emotional intelligence according to trait theory, that is, more associated with personality and evaluated by self-report tests. The participants were young people who played multiplayer online video games.…”

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confidence: 99%

Avaliação psicológica de jogadores de videogame, tabuleiro e live: personalidade, raciocínio e percepção emocional

Miguel

Carvalho

Dionísio³

2017

Psicologia - Teoria E Prática

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“…This echoes with research showing problematic gamers finding it easier to meet people online and having fewer friends in real life than in games (Porter et al, 2010). Inadequate self-regulation (Seay & Kraut, 2007), low self-esteem (Ko, Yen, Chen, Chen, & Yen, 2005;Lemmens et al, 2011), low emotional intelligence (Herodotou, Kambouri, & Winters, 2011), above average state and trait anxiety (Mehroof & Griffiths, 2010), increased feeling of loneliness (Lemmens et al, 2011;Seay & Kraut, 2007), narcissistic personality (Kim et al, 2008), and aggression (Kim et al, 2008;Mehroof & Griffiths, 2010) have also been found to be correlated with problematic online gaming. Additional studies report that problematic online gamers have lower life satisfaction (Ko et al, 2005;Wang, Chen, Lin, & Wang, 2008) and decreased psychosocial well-being compared to other gamers ( Lemmens et al, 2011).…”

Section: Personality Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 75%

Problematic Online Gaming

Király

Nagygyörgy

Griffiths

et al. 2014

Behavioral Addictions

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“…The choice of gameplay tends to be directly related to the psychological profile of the gamer. Gamers make choices that accord with their emotion-related personality characteristics; for instance, more socially oriented individuals tend to choose highly social forms of gameplay and vice versa (Herodotou, Kambouri, & Winters, 2011).…”

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Dimensions of personalisation in technology‐enhanced learning: A framework and implications for design

FitzGerald¹,

Kucirkova²,

Jones³

et al. 2017

Brit J Educational Tech

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Personalisation of learning is a recurring trend in our society, referred to in government speeches, popular media, conference and research papers and technological innovations. This latter aspect-of using personalisation in technology-enhanced learning (TEL)-has promised much but has not always lived up to the claims made. Personalisation is often perceived to be a positive phenomenon, but it is often difficult to know how to implement it effectively within educational technology.In order to address this problem, we propose a framework for the analysis and creation of personalised TEL. This article outlines and explains this framework with examples from a series of case studies. The framework serves as a valuable resource in order to change or consolidate existing practice and suggests design guidelines for effective implementations of future personalised TEL. IntroductionPersonalization is a key topic of current interest in technology-oriented learning design and discussion for government policy makers, but less so in educational research. This paper develops a framework to support the design of technology-enhanced learning (TEL) resources and environment.

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The role of trait emotional intelligence in gamers’ preferences for play and frequency of gaming

Cited by 33 publications

References 23 publications

Avaliação psicológica de jogadores de videogame, tabuleiro e live: personalidade, raciocínio e percepção emocional

Avaliação psicológica de jogadores de videogame, tabuleiro e live: personalidade, raciocínio e percepção emocional

Problematic Online Gaming

Dimensions of personalisation in technology‐enhanced learning: A framework and implications for design

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