Pleasure in Pain: How Accumulation in Gaming Systems Can Lead to Grief

Selcen Öztürkcan; Sercan Şengün

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-29904-4_3

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Pleasure in Pain: How Accumulation in Gaming Systems Can Lead to Grief

Selcen Öztürkcan and Sercan Şengün

Gamer Psychology and Behavior, pp.41-55

International Series on Computer Entertainment and Media Technology, Springer

14/06/2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29904-4_3

Abstract

Regulatory focus

Regulatory fit

Games

Videogames

Compulsory gaming

This chapter applies the concepts of regulatory focus and regulatory fit into gaming structures and articulates their effects especially inside massively multiplayer games to understand the behavior of players inside gaming structures, as well as emotional transitions associated with them.

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Title: Pleasure in Pain
Creators: Selcen Öztürkcan (Author) - Istanbul Bilgi University
Sercan Şengün (Author) - Istanbul Bilgi University
Contributors: Barbaros Bostan (Editor)
Publication Details: Gamer Psychology and Behavior, pp.41-55
Series: International Series on Computer Entertainment and Media Technology
Publisher: Springer; Cham
Format: 41-55 p.
Identifiers: 9917827809453
Academic Unit: emlyon business school
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter
Local Fields: 555535

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Web of Science research areas: Psychiatry; Psychology, Multidisciplinary