Investigating the effects of self/other avatars on exercise motivation among children: theorizing and testing an exergame motivation model

• Main Author: Li, Benjamin
• Other Authors: May Oo Lwin
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Motivation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65299
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

While the benefits of physically immersive video games, or exergames, have witnessed much research attention, less is known about the psychosocial processes that enable exergames to be an effective digital intervention. An increasing number of exergames feature in-game graphical representations (ava...