With the VirthuLab team* (University of Florence) we have developed and validated a scale for exploring and evaluating the psychological motivation behind using video games to fulfill fundamental needs, independent of any particular game genre. We presented the development of such scale at The Asian Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences 2023.
Here you can find the complete version of the conference paper.
*: Mustafa Can Gursesli, Alessia Martucci, Mirko Duradoni, Andrea Guazzini and me
Alan Mattiassi, PhD 