Title
Gender differences in Taiwan high school students’ computer game playing
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore gender differences among adolescents who play computer games: key areas of study include hours played, motivation, enjoyment experienced, and the impacts on the students’ lives. The data were obtained from 535 Taiwan high school students. Results indicated that males spent more time playing computer games than did females and also enjoyed it more. Results also indicated that male students are more strongly motivated to play computer games. Gender differences exist in both the frequency and the types of games the subjects played. It is interesting to note that even with significant gender differences, both genders overwhelmingly concluded that playing computer games has helped the quality of their friendships. Finally, results also showed a slight gender difference regarding the predictors of Taiwan high school students’ game playing enjoyments.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1016/j.chb.2004.11.011
Computers in Human Behavior
Keywords
Field
DocType
Computer game,Game playing,Adolescence,Taiwan high school students
Social psychology,Psychology,Game playing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
23
1
0747-5632
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
59
3.28
0
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chien Chou142640.02
Meng-Jung Tsai226419.70