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The Reciprocal Influences among Motivation, Personality Traits, and Game Habits for Playing Pokémon GO

Maurizio CardaciBarbara CaciFabrizio ScrimaMarco Elio Tabacchi

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Settore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia GeneraleRandom sampleHuman Factors and ErgonomicsConfirmatory factor analyses (CFA)Individual Difference0502 economics and businessMultivariant analysiPsychology0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesBig Five personality traitsPersonality traitComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS050107 human factorsMotivationThree-factors model05 social sciencesSettore M-PSI/03 - PsicometriaComputer Science ApplicationsHuman-Computer InteractionExploratory Factor Analysis (EFA)Factorial model[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/Psychology050211 marketingPsychologySocial psychologyReciprocal

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This article reports a study exploring motivations of Pokémon Game use, individual differences related to personality traits, and game habits. First, it analyzed Pokémon GO motivations through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) by administering online the Pokémon GO Motivational Scale to a group of Italian gamers (N = 560). Successively, a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted testing three factorial models of Pokémon Game motivations on a selected random sample (N = 310). Results showed a three-factor model of Pokémon GO Game motivations (i.e. Personal Needs, Social Needs and Recreation), accounting for 68.9% of total variance plus a general higher order factor that best fits the data. Individual differences in Pokémon GO motivations and personality traits have been explored showing that high involved Pokémon GO players are introverted, low agreeableness, and conscientiousness people, driven by personal social and recreational needs. Reciprocal influences on motivational involvement, personality, and game habits were discussed.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2018-09-10
10.1080/10447318.2018.1519167http://hdl.handle.net/10447/299562