PERSONALITY AND MOTIVATIONS FOR PLAYING ONLINE GAMES
Social Behavior and Personality An International JournalPublished 1 January 2008Open access
Shih-Ping Jeng, Ching‐I Teng
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Using the five-factor model of personality and a previously theorized motivation typology, the authors investigated the relationship between personality and motivation for playing online games and indicated that openness was positively related to discovery and role- playing motivation, and conscientiousness was negatively related to escapism motivation.
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Using the five-factor model of personality and a previously theorized motivation typology, the authors investigated the relationship between personality and motivation for playing online games. The results indicated that openness was positively related to discovery and roleplaying motivation, and conscientiousness was positively related to escapism motivation. In addition, extraversion was positively related to teamwork motivation, and agreeableness was positively related to advancement motivation. However, neuroticism was negatively related to teamwork motivation. These findings have several implications and could provide further research directions.
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