Competitive gaming, better known as electronic sports (esports), is rapidly growing in
popularity. We systematically reviewed the available literature regarding the psychological …

Continuing interest in digital games indicated that it would be useful to update Connolly et
al.'s (2012) systematic literature review of empirical evidence about the positive impacts and …

Esports as the competitive play of digital games has gained considerable popularity.
However, a comprehensive framework for esport training is still missing. In this paper, a …

Serious Games are now an established field of study. In this field most would attribute the
rise of Serious Games to Clark C Abt's creation of the term in 1970, or indeed Ben Sawyer's …

The current study employs the theory of reasoned action to examine factors that correlate
with the behavioral intentions of watching eSports. A structural equation modeling analysis …

Despite stereotypes of video games as isolating technologies, video gaming can be a highly
social activity that contributes to well-being. Advances in computing technology and greater …

Online video games afford co‐play and social interaction, often anonymous, among players
from around the world. As predicted by the social identity model of deindividuation effects …

Digital games have evolved into a medium that moves beyond basic toys for distraction and
pleasure towards platforms capable of and effective at instigating more serious, emotional …

Recent videogames research has followed a trend of studying the human element of
gaming, meaning the people, bodies and physical contexts of gaming. Across disciplines …

Recent research has attempted to describe meaningful experiences with entertainment
media that go beyond hedonic enjoyment. Most of this research focuses on noninteractive …