PMID- 21487899
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120116
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 1554-3528 (Electronic)
IS  - 1554-351X (Linking)
VI  - 43
IP  - 3
DP  - 2011 Sep
TI  - Why do you play? The development of the motives for online gaming questionnaire 
      (MOGQ).
PG  - 814-25
LID - 10.3758/s13428-011-0091-y [doi]
AB  - Although the majority of research focuses on the risks and disadvantages of 
      online gaming, the present authors suggest that online games also represent new 
      ways of satisfying basic human needs within the conditions of modern society. The 
      aim of our present study was to reveal and operationalize the components of the 
      motivational basis of online gaming. A total 3,818 persons (90.6% males; mean age 
      20.9 years, SD = 5.81) were recruited through websites providing online games. A 
      combined method of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was applied. The 
      results confirmed our preliminary model as we identified seven motivational 
      factors (social, escape, competition, coping, skill development, fantasy, and 
      recreation), which were used to develop the 27-item Motives for Online Gaming 
      Questionnaire (MOGQ). The seven dimensions identified seem to cover the full 
      range of possible motives for gaming, and the MOGQ proved to be an adequate 
      measurement tool to assess these motives.
FAU - Demetrovics, Zsolt
AU  - Demetrovics Z
AD  - Institute of Psychology, Institutional Group on Addiction Research, Eotvos Lorand 
      University, PO Box 179, H-1580 Budapest, Hungary. demetrovics@t-online.hu
FAU - Urban, Robert
AU  - Urban R
FAU - Nagygyorgy, Katalin
AU  - Nagygyorgy K
FAU - Farkas, Judit
AU  - Farkas J
FAU - Zilahy, Dalma
AU  - Zilahy D
FAU - Mervo, Barbara
AU  - Mervo B
FAU - Reindl, Antonia
AU  - Reindl A
FAU - Agoston, Csilla
AU  - Agoston C
FAU - Kertesz, Andrea
AU  - Kertesz A
FAU - Harmath, Eszter
AU  - Harmath E
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Behav Res Methods
JT  - Behavior research methods
JID - 101244316
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Behavior, Addictive/psychology
MH  - Factor Analysis, Statistical
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Internet
MH  - Male
MH  - *Motivation
MH  - Personal Satisfaction
MH  - *Play and Playthings
MH  - Social Behavior
MH  - *Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - *Video Games
EDAT- 2011/04/14 06:00
MHDA- 2012/01/17 06:00
CRDT- 2011/04/14 06:00
PHST- 2011/04/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/04/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/01/17 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3758/s13428-011-0091-y [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Behav Res Methods. 2011 Sep;43(3):814-25. doi: 10.3758/s13428-011-0091-y.