Self-Efficacy Relevant to Competitive Anxiety and Gameplay Interest in the One-on-One Competition Setting

Autor/inn/en	Hong, Jon-Chao; Hwang, Ming-Yueh; Tai, Kai-Hsin; Lin, Pei-Chun
Titel	Self-Efficacy Relevant to Competitive Anxiety and Gameplay Interest in the One-on-One Competition Setting
Quelle	In: Educational Technology Research and Development, 63 (2015) 5, S.791-807 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-1629
DOI	10.1007/s11423-015-9389-2
Schlagwörter	Self Efficacy; Relevance (Education); Anxiety; Competition; Game Theory; Educational Games; Language Patterns; Chinese; Elementary School Students; Grade 5; Grade 6; Structural Equation Models; Factor Analysis; Transcripts (Written Records); Content Analysis; Interests; Psychological Patterns; Play + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Relevance; Relevanz; Angst; Wettkampf; Spieltheorie; Educational game; Lernspiel; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; China; Chinesen; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Faktorenanalyse; Inhaltsanalyse; Bildungsinteresse; Spiel
Abstract	Individual gameplay interest is affected by numerous factors and a competition setting is also of importance as there are factors that need to be managed. To understand the motivational variables related to an educational game competition, this study explored the interrelatedness between self-efficacy, competitive anxiety, and gameplay interest in a one-on-one Chinese idiom string up game competition. Effective data from 278 elementary school students from grades five to six were collected and subjected to confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. The results of this study showed that the higher the level of competitive anxiety, the lower the degree of gameplay interest (i.e. "Like", "Enjoyment", and "Engagement"). In addition, self-efficacy in learning Chinese idioms was negatively associated with competitive anxiety. The implication of this study contributed towards understanding that low competitive anxiety is more facilitative to interest in gameplay. The results also suggested that enhancing self-efficacy in a specific task can eliminate anxiety and support players' interests to play the game in a competitive setting. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01