Video Game Users'' Rational and Emotional Using Motives

• Main Authors: Chun-I Cheng, 鄭畯檥
• Other Authors: Ying-Jiun Hsieh
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59865935214898053963

碩士 === 國立中興大學 === 科技管理研究所 === 102 === Video games are popular around the world and many people enjoy playing video games. However, a lot of literatures researches aim at video games addicts and normal users, rarely make a depth study of non-addicted ones. In view of this the research focuses on addicted user and non-addicted users’ trend of using video games, and discusses their relationship. The research uses t-test to verify the using motive of video games. This research explores addicted users and non-addicted users of using motive of video games and divides into rational factors and emotional factors. The result shows that addicted users are mostly motives tend to emotional factors, and non-addicted users tend to rational factors. Therefore, we can realize further about the diversified factors of using video games widely, and make video games serve not only for recreation, but also for other purposes. The results of this research can provide video game manufacturers in the development of reference and suggestion, and help video game addiction treatment.