Research Interests: Psychology and Cheating
Research Interests: Psychology, Social Psychology, Computer Science, Gender Studies, Cheating and Plagiarism, and 13 moreVirtual Communities, Video Games, Gender, Computer Mediated Communication, Music and identity, Anonymity, Virtual Worlds, Social identity theory, Gaming, Cheating, Group identification, Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Effects, and Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Research Interests: Psychology and Cheating
Research Interests: Psychology, Social Psychology, Computer Science, Gender Studies, Cheating and Plagiarism, and 13 moreVirtual Communities, Video Games, Gender, Computer Mediated Communication, Music and identity, Anonymity, Virtual Worlds, Social identity theory, Gaming, Cheating, Group identification, Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Effects, and Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
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ABSTRACT Using an online survey approach, this study examines the ethical dimensions and factors operating behind the game cheating behavior. Although the data indicated that young gamers were overall critical of cheating behavior in... more
ABSTRACT Using an online survey approach, this study examines the ethical dimensions and factors operating behind the game cheating behavior. Although the data indicated that young gamers were overall critical of cheating behavior in online games, cheating was found to be a common practice in online gaming community. It is found that gamers tended to dismiss the cheating action as morally insignificant due to peer influence and the play nature of online gaming. With regard to the ethical antecedents of cheating decisions, our results revealed that the personal moral philosophy of idealism had both direct and indirect influence on game cheating intention and behavior (partial mediation), meanwhile, the personal moral philosophy of relativism had only significant indirect influence on game cheating intention (full mediation) and cheating behavior (distal mediation).
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Drawing upon social cognitive theory, the present study constructed a conceptual model to provide an in- depth understanding of the key psychosocial factors shaping the cheating behavior in online multiplayer games. An online survey... more
Drawing upon social cognitive theory, the present study constructed a conceptual model to provide an in-
depth understanding of the key psychosocial factors shaping the cheating behavior in online multiplayer games. An online survey approach and structural equation modeling were adopted to investigate the hypothesized relationships and to assess the fitness of the model. The findings of this study provided support for the research model and the social cognitive theory perspective on game cheating behavior. The cheating behavior was found to be influenced by both external and self-generated factors. Specifically, individual gamers’ social environment (peer influence), their own attitude towards game cheating, and evaluation of cheating outcomes played an important role in shaping this problematic behavior in online games. Game cheating self-efficacy was interestingly found to be an insignificant factor for the game cheating behavior. The study fills a gap in the current literature on games and cheating, specifically on the social cognitive mechanisms of the cheating behavior in online multiplayer games.
depth understanding of the key psychosocial factors shaping the cheating behavior in online multiplayer games. An online survey approach and structural equation modeling were adopted to investigate the hypothesized relationships and to assess the fitness of the model. The findings of this study provided support for the research model and the social cognitive theory perspective on game cheating behavior. The cheating behavior was found to be influenced by both external and self-generated factors. Specifically, individual gamers’ social environment (peer influence), their own attitude towards game cheating, and evaluation of cheating outcomes played an important role in shaping this problematic behavior in online games. Game cheating self-efficacy was interestingly found to be an insignificant factor for the game cheating behavior. The study fills a gap in the current literature on games and cheating, specifically on the social cognitive mechanisms of the cheating behavior in online multiplayer games.
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Using an online survey approach, this study examines the ethical dimensions and factors operating behind the game cheating behavior. Although the data indicated that young gamers were overall critical of cheating behavior in online games,... more
Using an online survey approach, this study examines the ethical dimensions and factors operating behind the game cheating behavior. Although the data indicated that young gamers were overall critical of cheating behavior in online games, cheating was found to be a common practice in online gaming community. It is found that gamers tended to dismiss the cheating action as morally insignificant due to peer influence and the play nature of online gaming. With regard to the ethical antecedents of cheating decisions, our results revealed that the personal moral philosophy of idealism had both direct and indirect influence on game cheating intention and behavior (partial mediation), meanwhile, the personal moral philosophy of relativism had only significant indirect influence on game cheating intention (full mediation) and cheating behavior (distal mediation).