A social-cognitive approach to online game cheating

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Highlights：

• The results support a social cognitive model of game cheating behavior.

• Online game cheating behavior is influenced by external and self-generated factors.

• Social environment, attitude and outcome evaluation influence cheating behavior.

• Cheating self-efficacy does not affect the behavior of game cheating.

• There is dynamic interplay among personal factors, social environment and behavior.

摘要

•The results support a social cognitive model of game cheating behavior.•Online game cheating behavior is influenced by external and self-generated factors.•Social environment, attitude and outcome evaluation influence cheating behavior.•Cheating self-efficacy does not affect the behavior of game cheating.•There is dynamic interplay among personal factors, social environment and behavior.

论文关键词：Online game,Cheating,Social-cognitive theory,Social environment,Personal factors,Self-efficacy

论文评审过程：Available online 13 July 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.06.032