By Andrew Przybylski, Richard Ryan, & C. Scott Rigby Published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 243-259 ABSTRACT: Six studies, two survey based and four experimental, explored the relations between violent content and people’s motivation and enjoyment of video game play. Based on self-determination
By Andrew Przybylski, Netta Weinstein, Richard Ryan, & C. Scott Rigby Published in CyberPsychology & Behavior, 12, 485-492 ABSTRACT: The present research examined the background and consequences of different styles of engagement in video game play. Based on self-determination theory and the dualistic model of
By Scott Rigby & Richard Ryan This white paper reviews our underlying need satisfaction model and its application. We generally try to update this paper every couple of years with our latest research information. This version was updated in Sept, 2007 (we know…we’re due for
By Scott Rigby & Richard Ryan Published in Gamasutra | January 16, 2007 Introduction Gameplay strategies for motivating players largely focus on reward paradigms (“carrots on sticks”) that dangle the sweet enticements of hidden levels, provocative content, and variations on the Sword of A Thousand
By Richard Ryan, C. Scott Rigby, & Andrew Przybylski Published in Motivation and Emotion, 30, 347-365 ABSTRACT: our studies apply self-determination theory (SDT; Ryan & Deci, 2000) in investigating motivation for computer game play, and the effects of game play on well-being. Studies 1–3 examine
