Research article summary (published 30 Mar 2008):

Personality traits and life satisfaction among online game players.

Full Abstract

The DFC Intelligence predicts worldwide online game revenues will reach $9.8 billion by 2009, making online gaming a mainstream recreational activity. Understanding online game player personality traits is therefore important. This study researches the relationship between personality traits and life satisfaction in online game players. Taipei, Taiwan, is the study location, with questionnaire surveys conducted in cyber cafe shops. Multiple regression analysis studies the causal relationship between personality traits and life satisfaction in online game players. The result shows that neuroticism has significant negative influence on life satisfaction. Both openness and conscientiousness have significant positive influence on life satisfaction. Finally, implications for leisure practice and further research are discussed.

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Author information

Author/s: Chen, Lily Shui-Lien (LS); Tu, Hill Hung-Jen (HH); Wang, Edward Shih-Tse (ES);

Affiliation: Department of Business Administration, Hsing-Wu College, Taiwan, Republic of China. tzjunltk@yahoo.com.tw

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Cyberpsychology & behavior : the impact of the Internet, multimedia and virtual reality on behavior and society (Cyberpsychol Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Apr; vol 11 (issue 2) : pp 145-9

Dates: Created 2008/04/21; Completed 2008/07/02;

PMID: 18422405, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Adult Female Humans Internet Life Style Male

Middle Aged Personal Satisfaction Personality Personality Inventory Quality of Life - psychology Video Games - psychology; statistics & numerical data

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