Playing exergames and sporting activity. The impact of identification with one's game character.

Autor/inn/en	Kastenmüller, Andreas; Greitemeyer, Tobias; Fairclough, Stephen; Waite, Daniel; Fischer, Peter
Titel	Playing exergames and sporting activity. The impact of identification with one's game character.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 44 (2013) 4, S. 264-270Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1864-9335; 2151-2590
DOI	10.1027/1864-9335/a000111
Schlagwörter	Soziale Identität; Soziale Rolle; Computerspiel; Modell; Motivation; Soziale Rolle; Sport; Soziale Identität; Held; Aktivität; Aktivität; Motivation; Computerspiel; Sport; Modell; Held
Abstract	Three studies were performed to investigate how identification with an exergame character increases motivation to perform physical activity and, in turn, actual physical activity. Study 1 showed that the extent to which players identified with their game character positively correlated with motivation to perform physical activity. Study 2 indicated that participants who were asked to write down similarities (high identification) compared with differences (low identification) between themselves and their exergame character strengthened their motivation to perform physical activity. Study 3 suggested that playing with a game character that looked similar to one's own appearance (vs. controls) was accompanied by increased motivation to perform physical activity and a higher level of actual physical activity 1 week later. The level of physical activity required by an exergame had no significant influence on our results. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2014/2