The Relationships Between Personality Traits and Online Game Playing Motivations Amongst College Students
Abstract
As studies focusing on the psychological dynamics of multiplayer realistic battle games in Malaysia is quite limited, the present study attempts to investigate the relationships between personality traits and online game-playing (PUBG; Player Unknown’s Battle Ground) motivations amongst college students. A total of 200 students who are actively playing voluntarily answered the Mini-IPIP (Mini-International Personality Item Pool Scales) (Donellan et al, 2006) and Motivation for Play (Yee, 2006) to measure personality traits and types of motivation in playing online games. Descriptive and inferential analyses were conducted and the results indicated that the most prevalent personality traits among the players are Agreeableness followed by Extraversion. In addition, Escapism and Social are the strongest reasons reported for playing the PUBG. Males are significantly higher in Advancement, Mechanics, Customization and Discovery in-game motivation as compared to females. Significant correlations are found in a few analyses, namely Extraversion was positively related with Advancement motivation, and Agreeableness was positively related to Teamwork motivation. Lastly, Conscientiousness was positively related with Competition motivation. The results further supported the personality and in-game motivation for future research directions.
Keywords: Personality traits, In-game Motivation, Online Game Players, PUBG
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Ferro, L. S. (2018). An analysis of player’s personality type and preferences for game elements and mechanics. Entertainment Computing. DOI: 10.1016/j.entcom.2018.03.003
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Jeng, S. P., & Teng, C. I. (2008). Personality and motivations for playing online games. Social Behavior and Personality: an International Journal, 36(8), 1053-1060.
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Liu, C. (2016). Understanding player behavior in online games: The role of gender. Technological Forecasting and Social Change,111, 265-274. doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2016.07.018
Park, J., Song, Y., & Teng, C. I. (2011). Exploring the links between personality traits and motivations to play online games. Cyber Psychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 14(12), 747-751.
Pei-Lee, T., Chen, C. Y., Chin, W. C., & Siew, Y. Y. (2017). Do the Big Five Personality Factors affect knowledge sharing behaviour? A study of Malaysian universities. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, 16(1), 47-62.
Peters, C. S., & Malesky Jr, L. A. (2008). Problematic usage among highly-engaged players of massively multiplayer online role playing games. Cyber Psychology & Behavior, 11(4), 481-484.
Shih-Ping, J., & Ching-I, T. (2008). Personality and motivations for playing online games. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal (8), 1053-1081.
Šporčić, B., & Glavak-Tkalić, R. (2018). The relationship between online gaming motivation, self-concept clarity and tendency toward problematic gaming. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace,12(1). doi:10.5817/cp2018-1-4
Tang, W. Y., & Fox, J. (2016). Mens harassment behavior in online video games: Personality traits and game factors. Aggressive Behavior, 42(6), 513-521. doi:10.1002/ab.21646
Taylor, T. (2003). Multiple Pleasures. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies,9(1), 21-46. doi:10.1177/135485650300900103
Teng, C. I. (2008). Personality differences between online game players and nonplayers in a student sample. Cyber Psychology & Behavior, 11(2), 232-234.
Yang, C., & Liu, D. (2017). Motives Matter: Motives for Playing Pokémon Go and Implications for Well-Being. Cyber Psychology, Behavior, and Social Networking,20(1), 52-57. doi:10.1089/cyber.2016.0562
Yee, N. (2006). Motivations for play in online games. Cyber Psychology and Behavior, 9(6), 772-775. doi:10.1089/cpb.2006.9.772
Yee, N, Ducheneaut N, Nelson L, Likarish P. (2011). Introverted elves and conscientious gnomes; the expression of personality in World of Warcraft. In Proceedings of Conference on Human Factor in Computing Systems. 753-762.
Zhang, L. (2013). Third-person effect and gender in online gaming. First Monday,18(1), 76-84. doi:10.5210/fm.v18i1.4157
Published
2024-03-01
How to Cite
JOHARI UNDERWOOD, Jasnina.
The Relationships Between Personality Traits and Online Game Playing Motivations Amongst College Students.
Asian Journal of Research in Education and Social Sciences, [S.l.], v. 6, n. 1, p. 283-295, mar. 2024.
Available at: <https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/ajress/article/view/25623>. Date accessed: 23 mar. 2025.
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