Impacts of real-world need satisfaction on online gamer loyalty: Perspective of self-affirmation theory

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Highlights：

• We test how aspects of real-world need satisfaction impact online gamer loyalty.

• Competence and relatedness need satisfaction positively contribute to self-worth.

• In turn, self-worth positively contributes to online gamer loyalty.

摘要

•We test how aspects of real-world need satisfaction impact online gamer loyalty.•Competence and relatedness need satisfaction positively contribute to self-worth.•In turn, self-worth positively contributes to online gamer loyalty.

论文关键词：Online game,Loyalty,Self-affirmation,self-worth,need satisfaction,Survey,Structural equation modeling

论文评审过程：Received 25 April 2019, Revised 22 August 2019, Accepted 19 September 2019, Available online 24 September 2019, Version of Record 3 October 2019.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.09.016