The role of trait emotional intelligence in gamers' preferences for play and frequency of gaming

Authors:
Christothea Herodotou;Maria Kambouri;Niall Winters
Affiliations:
School of Psychology and Human Development, London Knowledge Lab., Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL, UK;School of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, UK;London Knowledge Lab., Institute of Education, UK
Venue:
Computers in Human Behavior
Year:
2011

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Abstract

This paper examines the role of trait emotional intelligence (trait EI) in gamers' preferences for play and frequency of gaming in a sample of 1051 young adult US/European gamers, who play frequently the online massively multiplayer game, World of Warcraft (WoW). Trait EI was shown to predict social and achievement preferences for play as well as frequency of gaming. In particular, trait EI was positively correlated to a preference for social practices per se and negatively correlated to a preference for achievement-oriented, instrumental practices. These findings advocate that gamers' preferences for play are in accordance with their emotion-related personality characteristics. Trait EI was also negatively associated with frequency of gaming suggesting that lower scorers on trait EI are more likely associated with more frequent game use.