From skill growth expectancy to online game commitment

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Highlights：

• We propose a new construct: expectancy for skill growth, to assist game makers to strengthen gamers' commitment.

• Expectancy for skill growth enhances in-game flow, goal proximity, motivation to attain gaming goals, and game commitment.

• Goal gradient theoretical pathway explained more variance in commitment than the flow theoretical pathway.

摘要

•We propose a new construct: expectancy for skill growth, to assist game makers to strengthen gamers' commitment.•Expectancy for skill growth enhances in-game flow, goal proximity, motivation to attain gaming goals, and game commitment.•Goal gradient theoretical pathway explained more variance in commitment than the flow theoretical pathway.

论文关键词：Online game,Expectancy,Flow,Game commitment,Goal gradient,Structural equation modeling

论文评审过程：Received 19 November 2021, Revised 10 July 2022, Accepted 28 July 2022, Available online 3 August 2022, Version of Record 16 August 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107422