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“They May Be Pixels, But They're MY Pixels:” Developing a Metric of Character Attachment in Role-Playing Video Games

2008; Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; Volume: 11; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1089/cpb.2007.0137

1557-8364

Melissa Lewis, René Weber, Nicholas David Bowman,

Impact of Technology on Adolescents

This paper proposes a new and reliable metric for measuring character attachment (CA), the connection felt by a video game player toward a video game character. Results of construct validity analyses indicate that the proposed CA scale has a significant relationship with self-esteem, addiction, game enjoyment, and time spent playing games; all of these relationships are predicted by theory. Additionally, CA levels for role-playing games differ significantly from CA levels of other character-driven games.