Attitudes Of Players Research Articles

Playing for a Better Future: How Animal Avatars Influence the Attitude of Players

Digital games allow us to adopt the avatar's perspective and experience the (virtual) world from another point of view. The positive effects of such role swaps are well-documented in contexts such as combating racial or ethnic biases. Our work expands this research direction by considering animal avatars: We hypothesize that playing as an animal can improve our attitude towards wildlife and nature. In particular, this manuscript contributes a first systematic study on the effects of animal avatars on players' implicit attitudes towards animals. Our study (N = 78) employs two commercial games featuring different animal avatars, Endling - Extinction is Forever and Bee Simulator, and compares the results of implicit association tests administered before and after gameplay. Our findings confirm significant positive effects of the games on players' implicit associations with foxes and bees. Together with several interesting insights regarding player-avatar relationships and avatar identification, our work paves the groundwork for games contributing positively to societal change.

Health status of senior netball players, their medication use and attitudes towards doping.

Limited research exists on the health and injuries of South African senior netball players. Senior netball players may be at greater risk of injuries and chronic disease due to their age. To treat these conditions, they may use prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications and, therefore, may be more vulnerable to unintentional doping. The primary aim of this study was to determine the health status, medication use and attitudes towards doping of South African senior netball players. A cross-sectional descriptive design was employed to collect data by means of an online survey. The validated 8-item Performance Enhancement Attitudes Scale (PEAS) was used to gather information on the netball player's attitudes towards doping. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the data using proportions (categorical), means (normally distributed, continuous) and medians (non-normal distributed, continuous). Doping prevalence and accompanying 95% confidence interval were calculated. Sixty senior netball players consented and completed the self-report questionnaire. The prevalence of chronic disease was 11.67%. Asthma and other conditions such as depression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) had the highest prevalence of 3.33%. The prevalence of chronic prescription medication use was 8.33% and 66.67% of the netball players reported receiving prescription injections, medications or utilizing OTC medications for treating injury or illness suffered 1-6 weeks before or during competition. The netball players do not have a lenient attitude towards doping. The prescription and OTC medication use could put this cohort of netball players at risk of unintentional doping. Anti-doping education aimed at senior athletes may be beneficial to reduce the risk of unintentional doping due to prescription and OTC medication use for injury or illness.

THE IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS' ATTITUDES ON STUDENTS' ACADEMIC AND CAREER INTERESTS IN CERAMICS WITHIN THE KUMASI METROPOLIS, GHANA

Educational programmes whether vocational or not have the potential to shape students to be able to give back to their societies. Unfortunately, some attitudes of players of education can affect students so much to dampen their self-efficacy and interest in Ceramics education. This study investigated some educational stakeholders' and their attitudes that can possibly have negative impact on students' academic and career interest in Ceramics within the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. Three schools offering Ceramics in the metropolis were purposively selected. They consisted of one mixed-gender, one boys-only, and one girls-only schools. The study was exploratory research and adopted the QUAN+Qual mixed-methods triangulation to conduct the investigation. Data was concurrently gathered using questionnaire, interviews and observation. 273 participants, including students, teachers, schools’ heads and parents were sampled from the three selected schools. Four Likert scale questionnaire and “Yes or ‘No’ data type was employed where SPSS v24, excel spreadsheet applications as well as frequencies and percentages (descriptive statistical techniques) helped to simplify and interpret the data. The study's findings revealed that educational stakeholders such as parents, students and their peers, teachers and schools’ managers put up behaviours that discourage students’ interest in Ceramics. The study found that low employment opportunities in Ceramics is the primary reason why parents, students, and teachers discourage students’ academic and career interest in Ceramics. The study also conducted a chi-square to establish whether the age, programme and level in school had any correlation with their believe that there is a low employment opportunity in Ceramics. The results found that the level of students alone to have significant correlation with p>0.000.

Study of the influence of psychological mood on the performance and mental health of athletes in VR-aided basketball training.

The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of psychological mood on the performance and mental health of athletes during VR training. The study involved representatives of both men's and women's basketball teams from universities in China (62 girls and 65 boys, whose average age was 18.2). The participants were divided into 2 groups. Both groups trained regularly, except the experimental group used VR technology, while the control group did not. To study the physical performance of respondents, a complex psychophysiological test was used. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) was used to assess the psychological mood and mental health of respondents. The VR training has been proven to increase the psychological attitude of basketball players during the training. Specifically, it has a positive effect on the psychophysiological performance indicators and mental health of athletes. Prospective research will be aimed at a comparative study of the impact of VR technology in the training process on the results of basketball players and representatives of other team sports.

Executive Functions and Competitive Attitudes in Near-Elite Ice Hockey Players

Abstract Ice hockey is considered one of the most competitive sports, and it requires physical and mental preparation to perform appropriately under the pressure of a competitive environment. The present study aims to investigate the impact of competitive sports on executive functions such as emotion regulation, inhibitory control, working memory, and competitive attitudes among near-elite ice hockey players. Near-elite athletes have been gathered (N = 67) from the four Hungarian Ice-Hockey Academies. Our results indicated a small positive association between Canadian points and maladaptive emotion regulation and a slight positive correlation between maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation and false alarms of the N-back task. The result revealed a significant difference between National and Non-National Team members in maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation regarding hypercompetitive attitude. The result of linear regression revealed that maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation significantly predicts false alarms, indicating that the maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation explains 10% of the variance. In conclusion, we highlight the role of the environment, which affects executive functions and competitive attitudes alongside sports performance. Although the findings were mainly correlational, we can conclude that the nature of competitive ice hockey expects certain behavior for the players indifferent of the situation that could lead to emotion suppression, rumi-nation and other maladaptive emotion regulation strategies. We can also conclude that inadequate emotion regulation might be related to the overstimulation of players, characterized by a hypersensitive state to stimuli. We suggest that practitioners ensure the development of adequate competitive attitudes of players to enable long-term physical and psychological benefits.

The Current Practise and Challenges of the Grassroot Football Academy in Indonesia

The purpose of the current research was to explore the key factors in the development of grass-roots football in Indonesia, including the current development process and challenges. This research was qualitative research. A semi-structured interview was conducted to gather the data. Through interviews, the researcher gathered the participants overview and perspective regarding the current practice and challenges of grass-roots football in Indonesia. In this case, 7 coaches at a grassroots football academy in Indonesia were involved in this research, as determined by the purposive sampling method. The participants were chosen based on their coaching experience, which ranged from 5 to 16 years. A qualitative data analysis application, namely N-Vivo, was utilized to analyze the data. The finding indicated that two big themes were created: the current development of grassroot football academy in Indonesia and the current challenges of grassroot football academy in Indonesia. Both themes have several sub-themes, which are discussed in the discussion of the themes. For the first theme, the researcher discussed the purpose of the grassroot academy in Indonesia, the selection process in the grassroot football academy in Indonesia, the player condition, the coach condition, the guideline material used, and the coach teaching strategy. For the second theme, researchers discussed the challenges of grassroots football academy based on player awareness, player environment conditions, player discipline, and player attitude. Therefore, the current research revealed the current practices and challenges in grass-roots football academy in Indonesia.

Examining The Attitudes of E-Sports Players Towards Artificial Intelligence Techologies

This study aimed to examine the attitudes of e-sports participants toward artificial intelligence (AI) based on a variety of socio-demographic variables. A total of 206 e-sports participants selected through convenience sampling were administered the "Attitude Towards Artificial Intelligence Scale" adapted by Kaya et al. (2022). SPSS 29.0.1.0 (171) was used to analyse the data. For data analysis, the Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests were utilized. According to the results of the analysis, there was no significant difference in the age variable, whereas the gender variable produced results that favoured male e-sports participants. In addition, it was discovered that individuals who used technological devices during exercise more frequently had a more positive attitude towards AI. In conclusion, men participants have a more optimistic view of artificial intelligence than female participants. These results illustrate the connection between technology usage and perception of artificial intelligence. It can be hypothesized that individuals who frequently use technological devices during exercise are more conversant with technology and, as a result, have a more favourable attitude towards artificial intelligence. These results indicate that technology utilization influences the adoption and acceptance of AI technologies.

I won't let you down; why 20% of Men's and Women's Super League players underreported suspected concussions

ObjectivesQuantify and identify factors associated with concussion underreporting in Super League rugby league players. DesignCross sectional survey. MethodsDuring the 2022 season preseason, 422 Men's and Women's Super League players completed an online survey quantifying player demographics, rugby playing history, concussion history, prevalence of, and reasons for underreporting concussion, concussion knowledge and long-term implications and perceptions of concussion. ResultsOverall, 20% of respondents stated they did not report concussion-related symptoms to medical staff during the 2020 and 2021 seasons. The two most common reasons for underreporting concussion were ‘didn't want to be ruled out of a match’ (35%) and ‘didn't want to let down team’ (24%). 65% of players reported an appropriate level of knowledge about concussion and potential long-term implications at the start of their senior rugby career, versus 89% now. In relation to concussion knowledge, symptoms were correctly identified on 74% of occasions. 57% of players surveyed were concerned about the potential long-term implications from concussion, and 11% of players would encourage their/family members' children to not play rugby league. ConclusionsThe proportion of Super League players who did not report concussion symptoms was similar to rugby league players in Australia. The main reasons for not reporting concussion appeared to be due to perceptions of what is beneficial for the team, suggesting both performance and medical staff should collectively encourage players to report concussion. A player's attitude towards concussion is potentially an individual modifiable risk factor and should be considered within the concussion management of players.

Concussion injury management, perception, and knowledge in amateur field hockey.

Field hockey has a high risk for sports-related concussion (SRC) injuries due to the speed and intensity of the game, current rules, field surfaces and equipment composition. Head injuries are the second most common reported injury and up to 75% of SRCs go unreported or undetected. This increases the subsequent injury risk, long-term health consequences and prolonged injury recovery. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of SRC in hockey players within the Southern Gauteng Hockey Association (SGHA) premier league. Concussion knowledge and attitudes of hockey players, coaches, umpires, and officials were also investigated. A partially mixed sequential dominant status design (QUANT-qual) was used, divided into two phases. In Phase One hockey players, coaches, umpires, and technical officials (n=119) completed a modified RoCKAS-ST questionnaire. In Phase Two, a focus group discussion with umpires (n=3) and interviews with coaches (n=3) were conducted. Injuries to the shoulder, neck, head, and face were reported from stick use (n=98); ball use (n=102) and collisions (n=187). Only 19% of hockey players were diagnosed with SRC, indicating that many of these injuries were undetected or not reported. Responses from the focus group discussion and interviews indicated that coaches, umpires, and officials felt they had insufficient knowledge of SRC. The recognition and management of on-field injuries require improvement to enhance the injury detection system.

“I’m Worried They Will Come Back to Haunt Me”: Examining How Retired National Football League Players Make Sense of Concussion Risks

This qualitative study examines how former National Football League (NFL) players retrospectively make sense of concussion risks post-retirement. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with retired NFL players ( N = 10) who sustained at least one official concussion during their professional career. Guided by sensemaking theory and reflexive thematic analysis, themes were generated to characterize player attitudes toward concussion risks. Themes identified include concussions represent an invisible threat, concussions create more concern than other injuries, and head injuries change player outlooks on career longevity. Player strategies to mitigate concussion risks included avoid thinking about the risks by focusing on the moment or on the financial rewards, rely on teammates to look out for each other’s health, and recognize the fine line between valor and discretion. The findings inform risk communication efforts geared toward reducing head injuries in football, as players must balance competing goals of elite performance and sustaining their football career versus prioritizing their long-term health.

Analysis of Player Attitudes and Behaviors towards Different Mobile Games based on Variance

This article is based on a survey of farm games, MOBA arena games, women's games, asymmetric arena games, and open world games, all of which are mobile games. The data were collected through questionnaires. This paper analyzed player data for Obi Island, King of Glory, Shinning Nikki, Identity V, and Genshin Impact using analysis of Variance, One-way analysis of variance, and Pearson Analysis of Variance. The net result is a majority of women. The open-world game was the only one of the five where more than half of the players were male. Women's games require less time per day, but cost the most. Farming is a daily game that takes the most time but the least money. The conclusion of this article is that players can depend on the age of the player, the gender of the player, and the amount of time the player needs to spend per day. Players need to spend money these five aspects according to their own situation to choose suitable for their own games. Game developers can also adjust their publicity programs, plan programs, and improve their shortcomings according to the above factors.

The Attitude and Depth of Female Players in the Otome Games and the Discussion of Current Gender Issues and Future Prospects

With the rapid economic development of the world after 2000, games, as a way of entertainment for people in real life, occupy the main entertainment life of people with the characteristics of simple, quick, and highly entertaining. In the East Asian market, based on the particularity of East Asian female players, mobile games are developed exclusively for women in terms of various senses, game Settings, and plot development, so as to meet the fantasy and demand of some East Asian women for perfect love partners. But the ballyhooed development of the Otome game unavoidably can receive partial male dissatisfaction in society. In the market, there is relatively little research on the social factors behind womens preference for virtual boyfriends and the Otome games, as well as the research on players emotional and psychological activities. Most of the research is from the perspective of theory and market analysis. It is difficult to really have a mental and emotional connection with female players of the Otome games. Only by starting from the players themselves and exploring their real thoughts, attitudes, and in-depth levels can we draw relevant conclusions and look forward to the future of the Otome games.

Live Streaming Contents Influencing Game Playing Behavior Among Thailand Gamers

This paper studies online game engagement in Thailand gaming communities. ‘Planned Behavior’ is the theory used in this study and it explains factors in order to determine the sustainability of the online gaming business. The theoretical research model of the paper focuses on flow experience, human-computer interaction, social interaction, and perceived enjoyment. A quantitative method has been used to measure the implications and data was collected from 800 participants’ online gamer via streaming tournament. The key findings show that the conveyed player attitudes and the flow experience have a positive influence on players’ continued intention to play an online game via Live-streaming. Hence Live-streaming is also an online game community connector and can be used as an indicator on the engagement of a sustainable game industry.

Esports and Olympic Games: a cross-cultural exploration of the player support behaviour towards the Olympics

PurposeDespite the advances in theory and practice about player behaviour in esports gaming literature, there is a lack of understanding as to whether esports are compatible with the values of Olympism and if they should be considered for future Games editions. The current study advances this line of research by examining esports player experiences, their effects on perceiving Olympic values, and the support towards the Olympics in order to verify if differences occur according to the cross-cultural environment.Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of 671 esports amateur gamers from three countries (Portugal, Brazil and Japan), structural equation models and a multigroup analysis were performed to analyse the differences in the hypothesized paths existing between the groups.FindingsResults reveal that player in-game emotional experiences positively influence Olympic values perception across countries. The excellence and friendship values showed a positive effect on support intentions to the Games towards Portuguese and Brazilian players, while the respect value was the strongest predictor towards behavioural intentions in Japan. Cultural backgrounds and game genre in each country can explain player attitude towards the Olympic values shared on the online environment.Originality/valueThis study is able to provide a better understanding of how the Olympic values serve as a gratification in different cross-cultural environments according to the theory of uses and gratifications (U&G) and the theory of cultural dimensions. Complementarily, these findings can be used as valuable information for esports publishers and developers attempting to spread the Olympic values in the esports industry.

A Global Women’s Rugby Union Web-Based Survey

Rugby Union (rugby) is a full-contact team sport characterised by frequent collision events. Over one third (2.7 million) of global rugby participants are women and girls. Yet, most rugby research, laws, and regulations are derived from the men's game with limited transferability to the women's game. This includes research focused on injury and concussion management. Greater insights are urgently required to enable appropriate adaptations and support for all rugby participants. Therefore, this paper presents the protocol for a project that sought to gather insights into the understanding, experiences, and attitudes of players and coaches in women's rugby regarding key issues of concussion, injury, and training for injury prevention, as well as the implications of the menstrual cycle for training and performance. From August 2020 to November 2020, online, open, cross-sectional surveys for players and coaches were distributed globally through rugby governing bodies and women's rugby social media platforms using snowball sampling. Survey responses were recorded anonymously via a GDPR-compliant online survey platform, JISC (jisc.ac.uk, Bristol, England). Participant eligibility included being ≥18 years and either actively playing or coaching women's rugby 15s and/or sevens, or having done so in the past decade, at any level, in any country. To enhance the number and accuracy of responses, the survey was professionally translated into eight additional languages. A total of 1596 participants from 62 countries (27 ± 6 years; 7.5 ± 5.1 years of playing experience) and 296 participants from 37 countries (mean age = 36.64, SD = 9.09, mean experience = 6.53 years, SD = 3.31) completed the players' and coaches' surveys, respectively. Understanding women's participation in and experiences of rugby is important to enable lifelong engagement and enjoyment of the sport and health during and following participation.

Sport-related concussion disclosure in women's rugby-A social identity approach.

Sport-related concussion (SRC) is a risk of collision sports such as women's rugby. To support appropriate SRC diagnosis and management, an understanding of the factors that encourage SRC disclosure is necessary. To date, research has focused on ascertaining individual player knowledge and attitudes towards SRC disclosure. We chose to investigate the potential influence of group identification effects by examining the role of social identity on SRC disclosure in elite women's rugby. Seventeen elite players from the United Kingdom and Ireland were interviewed and their transcripts thematically analysed. The data highlighted that the players shared a very strong social identity as women in rugby and were acutely aware that their experiences were different to their male counterparts. The shared social identity had both positive and negative implications for SRC disclosure. The players interviewed did not feel comfortable disclosing their symptoms to their coach and often felt that medical staff either did not listen to them or were unavailable to them. Mediators such as communication, trust in medical teams, perceived pressure, positive injury management experience, and player role models were identified. This research could be utilised to inform sport psychology interventions to enhance SRC disclosure in elite women's rugby.

스토리 기반 비디오 게임의 인터랙티브 내러티브 신뢰성 측정에 관한 통합 연구

This study begins with a focus on the reliability of interactive narrative in story-driven video games, given that the extent of game engagement, the degree of narrative engagement, and the state of player agency all influence the reliability of interactive game narrative, which leads to positive or negative player attitudes toward the game itself. The purpose of this study is to develop a narrative reliability scale (NRS) to measure the reliability of interactive game narrative that integrates immersion theory from ludology and player agency theory based on a narratological mental model. The experiment distinguishes seven factors in a player

It's Not a Game! Rules of Notice and Hermeneutics of Suspicion in Contemporary FMV Games

This article reflects on the resurgence of Full Motion Video (FMV) games, focusing on Her Story (2015), The Infectious Madness of Dr Dekker (2017), Telling Lies (2019), Contradiction (2015), and The Shapeshifting Detective (2018). Such titles have been derided for their lack of interactivity, and indeed afford the player limited agency in terms of concrete actions. They rely on the player's imagination in suturing the images together and in forming an empathetic understanding of the main characters’ actions and motivations. By virtue of this lack, FMV games challenges players’ analytical and hermeneutic abilities and further cognitive patience. An absence of “rules of notice” by which the details in a narrative are hierarchically organized, including editing and other attention-guiding devices, is part of these games’ procedural rhetoric. Priming the player to obtain a vigilant player attitude, such games foreground the mechanics dis/trust in our reception of fictional narrative.

Paradigm Model of Emergence Typology of Anomalies and Corruption in Sport Hierarchical Levels in Iran with Emphasis on Human Resources

Background: The research was conducted in the Paradigm Model of Emergence Typology of Anomalies and Corruption in Sport Hierarchical Levels in Iran with Emphasis on Human Resources. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to implement a descriptive-based survey in the qualitative research method in which the data was collected and analyzed by applying grounded theory. Methods: A library literature review with content analysis and a semi-structured interview with 20 experts and professionals in sport educational level, sport for all levels, championship level, and professional levels, which participated in the interview process with a semi-structured question-based. Data from the interviews were collected in open coding, axial, and theoretically analyzed. The present study was carried out in the context of a qualitative approach using the foundation's data theory method. Results: The results demonstrated that structural and behavioral antecedents had caused the change in attitudes of players, spectators, and fans and also abnormal effects such as players' domination, players' expensive salary, lack of meritocracy, and lack of socialization have concluded. Conclusions: A required infrastructure development on communication, educational, and event development has been selected as the key elements to reform the modification structure of these attitudes toward deviant behaviors

Profit allocation on a four-echelon supply chain in perspective of cooperative games on augmenting systems

Profit allocation is an important research topic in supply chain enterprises, where the rationality of allocation determines the stability of their cooperative relationships. This paper focuses on the profit allocation of the supply chain dominated by upstream enterprises. To achieve this goal, a general four-echelon supply chain is constructed. By analyzing the drawbacks of the existing profit allocation methods, we propose three new Shapley values to deal with the different risk attitudes of players. Through theoretical discussions, we can see that the proposed new Shapley values endow upstream participants with profit priority. It shows that the new profit distribution mechanisms suit supply chains dominated by upstream enterprises. We also provide an application example to check the concrete distribution results of the proposed new Shapley values and to compare the experimental results of the proposed new Shapley values with the existing Shapley values to deal with Profit allocation on a four-echelon supply chain. As a result, the proposed new Shapley values outperform the previous Shapley values to deal with the profit allocation on a four-echelon supply chain from the perspective of cooperative games on augmenting systems.