note = "Funding information: This research was funded by Public Policy Research, HKSAR Government, Grant number 2018.A2.031. Publisher copyright: 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.",
year = "2021", month = dec, doi = "10.3390/ijerph182312653", language = "English", volume = "18", journal = "International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health", issn = "1661-7827", publisher = "MDPI", number = "23",Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
T1 - Assessing Esports Participation Intention
T2 - The Development and Psychometric Properties of the Theory of Planned Behavior-Based Esports Intention Questionnaire (TPB-Esport-Q)
AU - Leung, Ka Man
AU - Wong, Ming Yu Claudia
AU - Ou, Kai Ling
AU - Chung, Pak Kwong
N1 - Funding information: This research was funded by Public Policy Research, HKSAR Government, Grant number 2018.A2.031. Publisher copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
N2 - Background: Esports is seen as an emerging industry that has enjoyed a surge in popularity worldwide. As a result, researchers have undertaken studies to try to understand the motivations and factors that impact Esports gameplay. Given the extensive utilization of TPB in many research projects to conceptualize and predict various behaviors, the current study aimed to further extend this theory to the Esports context by developing and validating an instrument that can illustrate the factors that impact the intention to participate in Esports, thus predicting Esports game playing behaviors. Methods: A total of 25 participants were involved in the development of the questionnaire using the qualitative approach, while 915 university students and 1164 secondary school students were involved in the survey for the questionnaire validation using the exploratory factor analysis and the confirmatory factor analysis. Results: All measurement models of the TPB subscales are considered as good fit. Conclusion: Hence, showing the newly designed TPB Esports Intention Questionnaire was found to be reliable and valid in revealing the level of intentions as well as the factors affecting Hong Kong students playing Esports.
AB - Background: Esports is seen as an emerging industry that has enjoyed a surge in popularity worldwide. As a result, researchers have undertaken studies to try to understand the motivations and factors that impact Esports gameplay. Given the extensive utilization of TPB in many research projects to conceptualize and predict various behaviors, the current study aimed to further extend this theory to the Esports context by developing and validating an instrument that can illustrate the factors that impact the intention to participate in Esports, thus predicting Esports game playing behaviors. Methods: A total of 25 participants were involved in the development of the questionnaire using the qualitative approach, while 915 university students and 1164 secondary school students were involved in the survey for the questionnaire validation using the exploratory factor analysis and the confirmatory factor analysis. Results: All measurement models of the TPB subscales are considered as good fit. Conclusion: Hence, showing the newly designed TPB Esports Intention Questionnaire was found to be reliable and valid in revealing the level of intentions as well as the factors affecting Hong Kong students playing Esports.
KW - theory of planned behavior
KW - psychometric properties
KW - Esports participation
M3 - Journal article
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
