Understanding emotional bond between the creator and the avatar: Change in behavioral intentions to engage in alcohol-related traffic risk behaviors

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Highlights：

• Combining social-development psychology and communication research.

• Investigating the potential of using VR technologies in health-related areas.

• Having an individualized avatar may enhance the emotional tie between the creator and the avatar.

• An option to control an avatar takes greater responsibility for what happened to the avatar.

摘要

•Combining social-development psychology and communication research.•Investigating the potential of using VR technologies in health-related areas.•Having an individualized avatar may enhance the emotional tie between the creator and the avatar.•An option to control an avatar takes greater responsibility for what happened to the avatar.

论文关键词：Avatar,Identification,Physical attractiveness,Alcohol-impaired driving,Virtual environments

论文评审过程：Received 28 January 2016, Revised 15 March 2016, Accepted 31 March 2016, Available online 8 April 2016, Version of Record 8 April 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.092