Personality traits and life satisfaction among online game players.
The DFC Intelligence predicts worldwide online game revenues will reach $9.8 billion by 2009, making online gaming a mainstream recreational activity. Understanding online game player personality traits is therefore important. This study researches the relationship between personality traits and life satisfaction in online game players. Taipei, Taiwan, is the study location, with questionnaire surveys conducted in cyber cafe shops. Multiple regression analysis studies the causal relationship between personality traits and life satisfaction in online game players. The result shows that neuroticism has significant negative influence on life satisfaction. Both openness and conscientiousness have significant positive influence on life satisfaction. Finally, implications for leisure practice and further research are discussed.
Chen
Lily Shui-Lien
LS
Department of Business Administration, Hsing-Wu College, Taiwan, Republic of China. tzjunltk@yahoo.com.tw
Tu
Hill Hung-Jen
HH
Wang
Edward Shih-Tse
ES
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D018910:Video Games / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*