The impact of explicit mental health messages in video games on players’ motivation and affect
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Highlights：
• Explicit health aims of applied games may influence players' affective experience.
• Participants played a video game preceded by explicit or no mental health message.
• Autonomy was lower in those playing the game following the mental health message.
• Additional effects were found for participants higher in depressive symptoms.
• Some caution may be necessary in promoting explicit mental health games.
摘要
•Explicit health aims of applied games may influence players' affective experience.•Participants played a video game preceded by explicit or no mental health message.•Autonomy was lower in those playing the game following the mental health message.•Additional effects were found for participants higher in depressive symptoms.•Some caution may be necessary in promoting explicit mental health games.
论文关键词：Emotion,Serious video games,Mental health,Intrinsic motivation,Messaging
论文评审过程：Received 21 August 2017, Revised 2 December 2017, Accepted 16 January 2018, Available online 18 January 2018, Version of Record 3 February 2018.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.01.019
