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Effects of Online Game Users' Need for Affect and Social Norms on their Attitude and Flow Experience

온라인 게임 이용자의 감정욕구와 사회규범 인식이 게임에 대한 태도 및 몰입에 미치는 영향

  • Kang, Naewon (School of Communication, Dankook University)
  • 강내원 (단국대학교 커뮤니케이션학부)
  • Received : 2020.07.15
  • Accepted : 2020.08.11
  • Published : 2020.08.20
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Abstract

The study took online game users' need for affect (approach/avoidance) and social norms (subjective/descriptive) into account and examined how these variables affected their attitude (utilitarian/hedonic) toward online games and their flow experience. Results from the hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed that, game users' approach affect and subjective norm had significant impacts on their utilitarian attitude, while their approach/avoidance affect and subjective norm had on their hedonic attitude toward onine games. Plus, the avoidance affect, subjective norm, and utilitarian/hedonic attitudes of game users had significant impacts on their flow experience.

본 연구는 게임 이용자의 감정욕구(접근적/회피적)와 사회연결망 속에서 생성되는 사회규범(주관적/기술적 규범)에 대한 인식에 주목하면서, 이들이 게임에 대한 태도(유용적/쾌락적)와 게임 몰입에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 위계적 다중회귀분석을 활용한 분석 결과, 게임 이용자의 게임에 대한 유용적 태도에 미치는 영향은 접근적 감정욕구와 주관적 규범이었으며, 게임에 대한 쾌락적 태도에 미치는 영향은 접근적 감정욕구, 회피적 감정욕구, 주관적 규범이었다. 또한 게임에 대한 몰입 정도를 예측함에 있어서는 게임 이용자의 회피적 감정욕구, 주관적 규범, 게임에 대한 유용적 태도, 쾌락적 태도가 유의미한 것으로 나타났다.

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