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Players' Personalities and their Motivation to Immerse themselves in PVP Games
Description
Millions of people every day log onto their computers to play competitive games with others around the world. Each of these players has their own unique personality and their own reasons for playing. To explore the relationship between player personalities and gameplay, this study asked participants to report their Myers-Briggs sixteen personality types and complete a survey that asked them questions about their behavior while games playing competitively online including their preferred in-game archetype and questions about how they interact with other players online. The survey also included the Grit Scale test, which which was intended to explore players' perseverance. Nearly 700 people participated in the study and all responses were analyzed based on their Myers-Briggs' personality type. While this study revealed that Myers-Briggs' personality type alone cannot determine a player's mindset while playing online, it was found to be an indicator of how they feel about socializing with others online. The implications of these results are discussed in this paper.
Date Created
2017-05
Contributors
- Keyvani, Kurosh (Author)
- Atkinson, Robert (Thesis director)
- Chavez-Echeagaray, Maria Elena (Committee member)
- Computer Science and Engineering Program (Contributor)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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59 pages
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In Copyright
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Academic Year 2016-2017
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.43724
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minimal
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- 2021-08-11 04:09:57
- 2 years 8 months ago
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