User-avatar bond as diagnostic indicator for gaming disorder: A word on the side of caution
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DOI: 10.1556/2006.2024.00032
Abstract: Abstract In their study, Stavropoulos et al. (2023) capitalized on supervised machine learning and a longitudinal design and reported that the User-Avatar Bond could be accurately employed to detect Gaming Disorder (GD) risk in a… read more here.
Keywords: diagnostic indicator; avatar bond; user avatar; gaming disorder ... See more keywords
Explicating How Skill Determines the Qualities of User-Avatar Bonds
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.713678
Abstract: Many frameworks exist that explain how people interact with avatars. Our core argument is that the primary theoretical mechanisms of a user-avatar bond (i.e., UAB) rest with the way people engage avatars and, thereby, the… read more here.
Keywords: environment; explicating skill; skill determines; user avatar ... See more keywords