At University of Florence we worked at a huge literature review for all scales measuring motivations to play videogames. Then, we understood them in a psychological framework and built our own scale encompassing all the (survived) constructs of the other scales. Check it out here: Also, ask me for a private copy of the paper!
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New Tool to Measure Psychological Motivations to Play Video Games
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 youContinue reading “New Tool to Measure Psychological Motivations to Play Video Games”
Survey sulle motivazioni psicologiche dietro l’uso videogiochi (ITA)
All’Università degli Studi di Firenze stiamo svolgendo una ricerca sulle motivazioni psicologiche dietro l’uso dei videogiochi.La partecipazione è come sempre volontaria e gratuita, e molto gradita: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sfDDkarLceZqXi3vQRe29rAnLnlsWLoJEt1hjvGk3yk/edit?usp=drive_web&authuser=1
Alan Mattiassi, PhD 