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FEMALES’ VIDEO GAME PLAYING MOTIVATION AND PERFORMANCE:
EXAMINING GENDER STERETOYPES AND COMPETENCE GOALS
by
Elaine Y. Chan
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(COMMUNICATION)
August 2008
Copyright 2008 Elaine Y. Chan
Object Description
| Title | Females' video game playing motivation and performance: examining gender stereotypes and competence goals |
| Author | Chan, Elaine Y. |
| Author email | elaineyc@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Communication |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-05-09 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-07-02 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Vorderer, Peter |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Smith, Stacy Rizzo, Albert |
| Abstract | Research on gender and video game playing has long been interested in the question of why females play fewer video games and play video games less frequently than males do. The present dissertation examines the immediate impacts of a negative gender stereotype on females' motivation for and performance in playing a racing video game. Exposure to a negative gender stereotype about video game playing was expected to decrease competence beliefs and motivation to play the game, as well as worsened performance. Mastery orientation, which emphasizes developing competence, was theorized to be more beneficial for competence beliefs and motivation towards video game playing, relative to performance orientation, which emphasizes the demonstration of competence relative to others. Measurement of achievement goals and manipulation of stereotype exposure indicated trends towards the predicted motivational outcomes. Implications for theories of video game playing and achievement motivation are discussed. |
| Keyword | video games; gender; stereotypes; motivation |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1311 |
| Rights | Chan, Elaine Y. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Chan-20080702 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Chan-20080702.pdf |
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| Full text | FEMALES’ VIDEO GAME PLAYING MOTIVATION AND PERFORMANCE: EXAMINING GENDER STERETOYPES AND COMPETENCE GOALS by Elaine Y. Chan A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (COMMUNICATION) August 2008 Copyright 2008 Elaine Y. Chan |
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