کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
890293 1472045 2015 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Video game preferences and their relation to career interests
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
ترجیحات بازی های ویدئویی و ارتباط آنها با منافع حرفه ای
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
چکیده انگلیسی


• Males reported a higher level of interest in traditional STEM fields.
• Women reported greater interest in female dominated area (e.g., office work).
• Competitive gaming motivation was associated with interest in STEM careers.
• Some, but not all, gaming–career interest associations were moderated by gender.
• For those relations that were significantly moderated, the associations were stronger for women than for men.

The current study used an mTURK sample to determine if there is a relation between video game preferences and career interests. Previous research has found that individual (e.g., personality) differences influence gaming preferences (Zammitto, 2001) and we sought to extend these findings to the domain of career interests. In addition, we examined the potential moderating role of gender. Since researchers have found that gender disparities in spatial attention can be reduced by playing certain types of video games (Feng, Spence, & Pratt, 2007), and it has been demonstrated that spatial ability is an important predictor of success in careers where women are typically underrepresented (Blickenstaff, 2005), we predicted that women with a preference for these types of games (versus a general preference) may have more interest in these careers. We found that gaming motivations were differentially associated with career interests. In addition, gender was found to significantly moderate a number of these relations, such that the association between gaming tendencies and career interests was stronger for women than for men. Findings from the current study should help guide future research that aims to increase the representation of women in STEM careers.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Personality and Individual Differences - Volume 73, January 2015, Pages 98–104
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