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Towards understanding the effects of individual gamification elements on intrinsic motivation and performance
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“…Nicklin, & Ford, 2014; for an overview), but only the latter has been associatedwith improved psychological well-being, enhanced creativity and learning outcomes (Ryan & Deci, 2000), as well as increases in the extent and quality of effort that people put into a given task (Cerasoli et al., 2014).”
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“Note that extrinsic incentives need not invariably be perceived as controlling and subsequently undermine intrinsic motivation (Cerasoli et al., 2014; Deci et al., 1999).”
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“But most empirical gamification studies investigate the impact of multiple game elements, making it difficult to pinpoint how and to what extent these game elements contribute to user motivation and behavior (Hamari et al., 2014; Seaborn & Fels, 2015).”
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“Note that extrinsic incentives need not invariably be perceived as controlling and subsequently undermine intrinsic motivation (Cerasoli et al., 2014; Deci et al., 1999).”
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“Thus, the threat of contextual factors acting as confounding influence (e.g., school being a potentially controlling setting (Hanus & Fox, 2015)) is minimized.”
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“The intrinsically motivating nature of digital games has been attributed to their potential to satisfy the psychological needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness (Przybylski et al., 2010).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mekler, E. D., Brühlmann, F., Tuch, A. N., & Opwis, K.
- Affiliations
- University of Basel (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Mekler, Elisa D.
- Venue
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-06
- Volume
- 71
- Pages
- 525-534
- ISSN
- 0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1410719325
- Semantic Scholar
- 70a4d654151234924c0a7ce7822f12108bf3db49
- Cited by
- 990
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
- 2026: 115 · 2025: 102 · 2024: 115 · 2023: 110 · 2022: 137 · 2021: 109 · 2020: 103 · 2019: 87 · 2018: 66 · 2017: 29
- FWCI
- 90.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Computers in Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Games and Gamification
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Games and Media
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Keywords
- gamification, intrinsic motivation, points, levels, leaderboards, competence, performance, image annotation, extrinsic rewards
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