The psychology of immersion and development of a quantitative measure of immersive response in games

Curran, Noirin

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The psychology of immersion and development of a quantitative measure of immersive response in games

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dc.check.info	Please note that Chapters 4,5,6,7 (pp.74-277) and Appendices (pp.316-397) of this thesis are unavailable due to a restriction requested by the author.	en
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dc.contributor.advisor	Kirakowski, Jurek	en
dc.contributor.author	Curran, Noirin
dc.date.accessioned	2013-04-29T16:38:18Z
dc.date.available	2013-04-29T16:38:18Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.date.submitted	2013
dc.description.abstract	This study sets out to investigate the psychology of immersion and the immersive response of individuals in relation to video and computer games. Initially, an exhaustive review of literature is presented, including research into games, player demographics, personality and identity. Play in traditional psychology is also reviewed, as well as previous research into immersion and attempts to define and measure this construct. An online qualitative study was carried out (N=38), and data was analysed using content analysis. A definition of immersion emerged, as well as a classification of two separate types of immersion, namely, vicarious immersion and visceral immersion. A survey study (N=217) verified the discrete nature of these categories and rejected the null hypothesis that there was no difference between individuals' interpretations of vicarious and visceral immersion. The primary aim of this research was to create a quantitative instrument which measures the immersive response as experienced by the player in a single game session. The IMX Questionnaire was developed using data from the initial qualitative study and quantitative survey. Exploratory Factor Analysis was carried out on data from 300 participants for the IMX Version 1, and Confirmatory Factor Analysis was conducted on data from 380 participants on the IMX Version 2. IMX Version 3 was developed from the results of these analyses. This questionnaire was found to have high internal consistency reliability and validity.	en
dc.description.status	Not peer reviewed	en
dc.description.version	Accepted Version
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dc.identifier.citation	Curran, N. 2013. The psychology of immersion and development of a quantitative measure of immersive response in games. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.	en
dc.identifier.endpage	415
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/1102
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University College Cork	en
dc.rights	© 2013, Noirin Curran	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/	en
dc.subject	Immersion	en
dc.subject	Psychology	en
dc.subject	Games	en
dc.subject	Measure	en
dc.subject	Immersive response	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Video games--Psychological aspects.	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Computer games--Psychological aspects.	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Factor analysis	en
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dc.title	The psychology of immersion and development of a quantitative measure of immersive response in games	en
dc.type	Doctoral thesis	en
dc.type.qualificationlevel	Doctoral	en
dc.type.qualificationname	PhD (Arts)	en
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