The Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Gaming Instinctual Motivation Scale
Teoh, Ai Ni, Dillon, Roberto, and Kaur, Divjyot (2023) The Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Gaming Instinctual Motivation Scale. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 13 (9). pp. 1895-1908.
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Abstract
Being able to quantify gaming motivation in a valid, systematic way has important implications for game designers and gaming user experience researchers. In the present study, we aimed to develop and validate a 30-item Gaming Instinctual Motivation Scale (GIMS) based on Dillon’s 6–11 Framework on instinctual gaming motivation and Lazzaro’s gaming experience model. To validate the scale, we recruited 194 regular gamers (Mage = 22.70 years old, SD = 4.38) to complete the GIMS based on their general gaming experience and their experience playing role-laying games (RPGs), first-person shooters (FPSs), real-time strategy, puzzle, and action games. We used a cross-validation approach and performed exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis to test the structure of the scale and the reliability and validity of the scale, respectively. The final version of the GIMS had a one-dimensional structure with 15 items. It also had good construct validity, χ2 (N = 117, df = 86) = 126.28, p = 0.003, CFI = 0.93, TLI = 0.92, and RMSEA = 0.064 (90% CI [0.04, 0.09]), and reliability (CR = 0.89), and an acceptable convergent validity (AVE = 0.35). The one-dimensional structure was generalizable to RPG and FPS games, demonstrating the applicability of the scale to these two gaming genres. Higher scores on the GIMS were also associated with a greater intention to play games.
Item ID: | 80964 |
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Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
ISSN: | 2254-9625 |
Keywords: | gaming experience, Gaming Instinctual Motivation Scale, gaming motivation, intention to play games, scale validation |
Copyright Information: | Copyright: © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2024 23:54 |
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