Development of a Scale for Fantasy State in Digital Games

Beomkyu Choi, Jie Huang, Annie Jeffrey, Youngkyun Baek

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Abstract

Digital games appear to motivate players intrinsically. Of various game features, fantasy in particularly plays a crucial role in enhancing motivation and is a key factor in immersion in gameplay. As with its inherent value, fantasy also plays a vital role in distinguishing digital games itself from other media. Despite its significance, fantasy has received little attention, and this concept is still ambiguous to define with any certainty. This study thus aims to create a framework to explore a dimension of fantasy and to develop a scale to measure a state of fantasy in digital games. As a result, four factors were extracted, which were ‘identification’, ‘imagination’, ‘analogy’, and ‘satisfaction’, to account for fantasy state in digital gameplay. Based on these factors, a fantasy scale in digital games (FSDGs) included 16 items was developed.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)1980-1986
Number of pages7
JournalComputers in Human Behavior
Volume29
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2013

Keywords

  • Confirmatory factor analysis
  • Digital game
  • Exploratory factor analysis
  • Fantasy
  • Intrinsic motivation

EGS Disciplines

  • Instructional Media Design

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