Adaptation and Validation of the Scale of Types of Users in Gamification with the Spanish Adolescent Population

Ana Manzano-León, Pablo Camacho-Lazarraga, Miguel A. Guerrero-Puerta, Laura Guerrero-Puerta, Antonio Alias, Rubén Trigueros and José M. Aguilar-Parra
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Ana Manzano-León: Hum-878 Research Team, Health Research Centre, Department of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Pablo Camacho-Lazarraga: Centro Universitario San Isidoro, Seville, 41092 Spain
Miguel A. Guerrero-Puerta: Department of Education, University of Seville, 41004 Seville, Spain
Laura Guerrero-Puerta: Department of Education, University of Seville, 41004 Seville, Spain
Antonio Alias: Department of Education, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Rubén Trigueros: Department of Language and Education, University of Antonio de Nebrija, 28015 Madrid, Spain
José M. Aguilar-Parra: Hum-878 Research Team, Health Research Centre, Department of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 11, 1-10

Abstract: The video game has been one of the phenomena with the greatest impact on the entire social fabric, and especially among young people. Therefore, it is essential to understand the interaction between the players and the video game itself. However, few instruments have been designed to assess the types of players in the adolescent population. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to validate the Gamification User Types Hexad Scale for the Spanish adolescent population. The sample of participants consisted of 1345 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18. To evaluate the psychometric properties of the scale, a confirmatory factor analysis and a multi-group analysis of invariance by sex were performed. The results provide evidence of a valid and reliable six-factor instrument to measure the types of players in the Spanish adolescent population, regardless of their sex.

Keywords: psychometric properties; type of players; game-design; adolescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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