An exploratory study of the association between online gaming addiction and enjoyment motivations for playing massively multiplayer online role-playing games

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Highlights：

• Latent Class Analysis revealed seven classes of motivations for playing MMORPGs.

• Five classes of gaming addiction-related experiences were extracted.

• Three classes of motivations for playing were linked to higher risk of addiction.

摘要

•Latent Class Analysis revealed seven classes of motivations for playing MMORPGs.•Five classes of gaming addiction-related experiences were extracted.•Three classes of motivations for playing were linked to higher risk of addiction.

论文关键词：Massively multiplayer online role-playing games,Addiction,Motivations,Latent Class Analysis,Risk,Online gaming

论文评审过程：Available online 20 April 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.03.075