The Impact of Basic Needs Satisfaction on Game Satisfaction: The Serial Mediating Role of Flow Experience and Positive Emotion

Abstract

Abstract: In order to investigate the impact of basic needs satisfaction on game satisfaction as well as the mediation of flow experience and positive emotion, a sample of 286 online-game player completed Questionnaire of Basic Needs Satisfaction, Flow Experience Questionnaire, Positive Affect Scale and Satisfaction With Game Scale. Data were analyzed with SPSS 17.0. We used bias-corrected percentile Bootstrap method to analyze the chain mediating roles of online flow experience and positive emotion in relationship between basic needs satisfaction and game satisfaction. The results indicated: 1)the four factors of basic needs satisfaction, flow experience, positive emotion and game satisfaction are all pairwise correlated; basic needs satisfaction had an direct effect on game satisfaction and could significantly predict flow experience and positive emotion; flow experience could significantly predict positive emotion; and both flow experience and positive emotion could significantly predict game satisfaction. 2)basic needs satisfaction affected game satisfaction through three indirect paths: the mediating role of flow experience, the mediating role of positive emotion, and the chain mediating role of both online flow experience and positive emotion. Conclusion: Basic needs satisfaction not only had an direct effect on game satisfaction but also affected game satisfaction through the serial mediating role of flow experience and positive emotion.

Key words: online game, basic needs satisfaction, flow experience, positive emotion, game satisfaction

摘要： 为探讨基本需要满足对游戏满意度的影响及其作用机制,研究采用基本需要满足问卷、沉醉感问卷、积极情感量表和游戏满意度问卷对286名网络游戏玩家进行调查。结果发现：（1）基本需要满足、沉醉感、积极情绪和游戏满意度之间两两显著正相关;（2）基本需要满足对游戏满意度不仅有直接预测作用,还能通过三条间接路径影响游戏满意度：沉醉感的中介作用;积极情绪的中介作用;沉醉感和积极情绪的链式中介作用。结论基本需要满足不仅对游戏满意度有直接影响,还能通过沉醉感和积极情绪的序列中介作用影响游戏满意度。

关键词: 网络游戏, 基本需要满足, 沉醉感, 积极情绪, 游戏满意度

CLC Number:

B842.6

Song Kuai, Fan Cuiying, Niu Gengfeng, Chu Xiaowei. The Impact of Basic Needs Satisfaction on Game Satisfaction: The Serial Mediating Role of Flow Experience and Positive Emotion[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2017, 15(3): 405-410.

宋快, 范翠英, 牛更枫, 褚晓伟. 基本需要满足对游戏满意度的影响：沉醉感和积极情绪的序列中介作用^*[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2017, 15(3): 405-410.

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