心理需求和动机对游戏作弊的影响:自决理论的见解
Sung Je Lee1, Eui Jun Jeong1, Dan J Kim2
1Department of Digital Culture and Contents, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Frontiers in psychology
|January 8, 2024
概括
当玩家感到自主和连接时,游戏作弊会减少,培养内在动机. 然而,当自主性较低时,外部动机会增加作弊,从而影响在线游戏中的公平竞争.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 游戏研究 游戏研究
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 游戏作弊破坏了公平竞争和游戏生态系统.
- 竞争性在线游戏往往会触发强烈的用户动机和心理需求,但关于作弊的心理社会研究是有限的.
研究的目的:
- 研究基本心理需求 (自主,能力,亲属关系) 和动机 (内在,外在) 之间的关系.
- 检查这些因素如何影响竞争性在线游戏玩家在游戏中作弊的程度.
主要方法:
- 在竞争激烈的在线游戏社区中,从322名游戏玩家中收集了调查数据.
- 基于自决理论的分析,以了解心理需求和动机.
主要成果:
- 外在的动机,当不受自主性的支持时,与增加的游戏作弊相关.
- 由自主性和相关性增强的内在动机与减少游戏作弊有关.
- 能力并没有显著影响内在或外在的动机.
结论:
- 由乐趣 (内在) 驱动的玩家对作弊的看法是负面的,而那些由胜利/奖励 (外在) 驱动的玩家可能具有积极的态度.
- 在游戏中增强用户自主性和社会联系,可以通过提高内在动机来减少作弊.
- 调查结果为教育和政策干预提供了指导方针,以打击数字游戏作弊并支持电子竞技的增长.
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