The mediational role of identification in the relationship between experience mode and self-efficacy: Enactive role-playing versus passive observation.

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Abstract Based on Social Cognitive Theory, this study proposes a new concept-mediated enactive experience to understand game playing effects on self-efficacy in the context of a health promotion role-playing game. An experiment demonstrated that a mediated enactive experience afforded by game playing was more effective than a mediated observational experience provided by game watching in influencing self-efficacy. It was found that identification with the game character partially mediated the relationship between experience mode and self-efficacy.

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Author/s: Peng, Wei (W);

Affiliation: Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA. pengwei(-atsign-)msu.edu

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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-Dec; vol 11 (issue 6) : pp 649-52

Dates: Created 2008/12/16; Completed 2009/03/31;

PMID: 18954275, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 3/31/2009, IMS Date: 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00)

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