Motivations and Use of Video Games in Engineering Students

Autor/inn/en	Núñez-Pacheco, Rosa; Turpo-Gebera, Osbaldo; Barreda-Parra, Aymé; Vidal, Elizabeth; Castro-Gutierrez, Eveling; Aguaded, Ignacio
Titel	Motivations and Use of Video Games in Engineering Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Technology and Science Education, 13 (2023) 2, S.532-547 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Núñez-Pacheco, Rosa) ORCID (Turpo-Gebera, Osbaldo) ORCID (Barreda-Parra, Aymé) ORCID (Vidal, Elizabeth) ORCID (Castro-Gutierrez, Eveling) ORCID (Aguaded, Ignacio)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2014-5349
Schlagwörter	Student Motivation; Video Games; Engineering Education; College Students; Use Studies; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Recreational Activities; Peru + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulische Motivation; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Ingenieurausbildung; Collegestudent; Benutzerschulung; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Freizeitgestaltung
Abstract	The use of video games has increased exponentially worldwide, mainly among the youth population. The main objective of this article is to evaluate the consumption habits and motivations of engineering students to play video games. To this end, an instrument to measure the use of video games and a scale of motivations were administered to 633 students enrolled in different academic engineering programs at a Peruvian public university. It was found that 91.3% of students play video games, compared to 8.7% who have never played them; it was also found that their use is greater among male students (95%) than among female students (73.4%). Likewise, it was found that these students prefer strategy video games, and that they mostly play them for escape and entertainment, and for socioemotional activation. It is concluded that consumption habits and motivations are related, since the greater the consumption of video games, the greater the motivation is for young people to play them. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01