Offline personality and avatar customisation. Discrepancy profiles and avatar identification in a sample of MMORPG players

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Highlights：

• Many types of relationship between offline personality and avatar are possible.

• Avatar customisation does not depend on personality traits or users' preference.

• Avatar may be customised as related to or distant from offline personality.

• Avatar distant from offline personality embodies less socially desirable traits.

• Avatar distant from offline personality discourages avatar identification.

摘要

•Many types of relationship between offline personality and avatar are possible.•Avatar customisation does not depend on personality traits or users' preference.•Avatar may be customised as related to or distant from offline personality.•Avatar distant from offline personality embodies less socially desirable traits.•Avatar distant from offline personality discourages avatar identification.

论文关键词：Offline personality,Avatar customisation,Discrepancy,MMORPG

论文评审过程：Received 27 May 2016, Revised 5 November 2016, Accepted 12 December 2016, Available online 13 December 2016, Version of Record 27 December 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.031