participation opportunities are not simply in casual or professional environments, as U.S. colleges and universities continue to add academic majors and varsity teams ( NACE, 2022 ). As a result of this rapid growth of gaming engagement and the opportunity to consume, greater insight into the motivations of
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Motivations to Participate in Gaming and Esports: An Exploratory Study on The Influence of Participant Gender
Tara Q. Mahoney, Lindsey Darvin, and Ryan Vooris
Perceptions of Effective Training Practices in League of Legends: A Qualitative Exploration
Callum Abbott, Matthew Watson, and Phil Birch
operations, and psychological demands in that players must regulate emotion, train regularly, maintain motivation and self-confidence, make decisions under pressure, utilize problem-solving skills, and work with teammates effectively to achieve a common goal ( Kim et al., 2017 ). While esports is gaining
Exploring the Factors Influencing Motivation and Satisfaction of Video Game Players
Patrycja Kępka and Artur Strzelecki
& Vukušić, 2019 ). The detailed analysis of the factors directly influencing the motivation and satisfaction derived from video games, undertaken in this article, is thus an attempt to provide additional information, expanding the knowledge related to the topic of video games ( Przybylski et al., 2010
Motivation Mediating the Relationship Between Needs and Performance in Professional Esports Athletes: A Brief Report
Emmanuel A.C. Obine
video games, providing both professional and personal growth for the players. The success of esports generates significant revenue ( Ahn et al., 2020 ), which has resulted in increased research papers aiming to better comprehend the esports athlete experience. The present paper explores motivations
Exploring Motives for Twitch Viewership and Content Creation With the Exergame Zwift
Marion E. Hambrick, Anthony E. Montanaro, Evan L. Frederick, and Adam R. Cocco
) explored these motives using survey instruments developed for traditional sports such as the Motivation Scale for Sport Consumption and Sport Fandom Questionnaire. Yet Qian et al. ( 2019 ) asserted, “research directly adopting or adapting existing sport motivation scales might also fail to capture the
Esports Athletes on a Team or Club Are More Physically Active and Less Sedentary Than Equally Experienced, Casual Video Gamers
Bryan Dowdell, Andrew Lepp, Brian H. Yim, and Jacob E. Barkley
limited in that we did not assess motivations for physical activity. However, it is accepted that acute and chronic exercise has cognitive benefits ( Chang et al., 2012 ; Mandolesi et al., 2018 ). Playing video games, especially competitive esports, requires many different cognitive abilities including
“You’re Too Pretty to Be a Challenge Runner”: Changing “Gamers” in an Age of Live Streaming
Kevin Garvey
gameplay. As visibly diverse streamers populate the site, their presence challenges a narrow masculine image of gamers as well as expands the ways players (i.e., viewers) can interact and relate to one another. This is clear in studies that focus on the varied and complex motivations of viewers, including
Young Danish Esports Players Physical Health, and Their Opportunities and Wishes for Physical Activity From Their Esports Club: A Cross-Sectional Study
Julie Gaasedal, Mia Ricaplaza Thøgersen, Christian Lund Straszek, and Julie Dalgaard Guldager
literacy, attention, long-term memory, and ability to acquire motor skills required in esports ( Toth et al., 2020 ). However, a recent systematic review reveals that the motivation for exercise in most esports players tends to remain at low to moderate levels of PA ( McNulty et al., 2023 ). Several
The Sleep, Anxiety, Mood, and Cognitive Performance of Oceanic Rocket League Esports Athletes Competing in a Multiday Regional Event
Daniel Bonnar, Michael Gradisar, Michal Kahn, and Cele Richardson
multitude of factors other than sleep (e.g., nutrition and motivation). Hence, the use of measures that have a high sleep sensitivity and can isolate the effect of sleep more effectively appears warranted. For example, one commonly used performance measure in other sleep research involving traditional
An Auto-netnographic Approach to Understanding Alternate Gaming Accounts: How Smurfing Impacts the Prosumer Experience in Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Brian McCauley
symbolic meanings can be evidenced most clearly through the how users in “r/csgo” create discussions and memes around the game. Even though esports has a thriving professional scene and active amateur grassroots, the motivations of players remain diverse. A typology of those who play esports titles
