Video games and rehabilitation: using design principles to enhance engagement in physical therapy

K Lohse, N Shirzad, A Verster, N Hodges… - Journal of neurologic …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Patient nonadherence with therapy is a major barrier to rehabilitation. Recovery is often
limited and requires prolonged, intensive rehabilitation that is time-consuming, expensive …

Content structure is king: An empirical study on gratifications, game genres and content type on Twitch

M Sjöblom, M Törhönen, J Hamari, J Macey - Computers in Human …, 2017 - Elsevier
While video games have been widely investigated from the perspective of play, an emerging
online media phenomenon is the spectating of video game play, captivating millions of users …

The social side of gaming: How playing online computer games creates online and offline social support

S Trepte, L Reinecke, K Juechems - Computers in Human behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
Online gaming has gained millions of users around the globe, which have been shown to
virtually connect, to befriend, and to accumulate online social capital. Today, as online …

The effects of consumer esports videogame engagement on consumption behaviors

AZ Abbasi, M Asif, LD Hollebeek, JU Islam… - Journal of Product & …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to propose a model for predicting consumers' esports videogame
engagement on their ensuing consumption behaviors, which remains nebulous to date …

Who plays, how much, and why? Debunking the stereotypical gamer profile

D Williams, N Yee, SE Caplan - Journal of computer-mediated …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Online games have exploded in popularity, but for many researchers access to players has
been difficult. The study reported here is the first to collect a combination of survey and …

Knowledge trajectory of eSports as an emerging field of research

J Zhu, C Cao, H Liu, ETK Lim, CW Tan - Industrial Management & …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Research on electric sports (eSports) has experienced significant growth in recent
years as a consequence of increasing connectivity, institutionalization, and technological …

Effect of playing violent video games cooperatively or competitively on subsequent cooperative behavior

DR Ewoldsen, CA Eno, BM Okdie, JA Velez… - … , behavior, and social …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Research on video games has yielded consistent findings that violent video games increase
aggression and decrease prosocial behavior. However, these studies typically examined …

Why and how did narrative fictions evolve? Fictions as entertainment technologies

E Dubourg, N Baumard - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Narrative fictions have surely become the single most widespread source of entertainment in
the world. In their free time, humans read novels and comics, watch movies and TV series …

Video games, terrorism, and ISIS's Jihad 3.0

A Al-Rawi - Terrorism and Political Violence, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This study discusses different media strategies followed by the Islamic State in Iraq and
Syria (ISIS). In particular, the study attempts to understand the way ISIS's video game that is …

How passion for playing world of warcraft predicts in-game social capital, loneliness, and wellbeing

RL Mandryk, J Frommel, A Armstrong… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Playing digital games can nurture wellbeing by helping players recover from daily stressors,
cope with life's challenges, practice emotion regulation, and engage in meaningful social …