Need satisfaction, passion, empathy and helping behaviour in videogame play

摘要

The primary aim of the current study was to explore the extent to which videogame helping behaviour could be explained by need satisfaction and passion. The study extends previous research by looking specifically at ingame helping behaviour which has relevance for a range of wellbeing outcomes as well as reducing in-game toxicity. Survey data were collected from 389 participants assessing need satisfaction, passion, empathy and in-game helping behaviour during the past four weeks. Path analysis revealed that helping behaviour is associated with empathy which is more likely in the context of harmonious passion and less likely in context of obsessive passion. Competence and Relatedness were also found to increase the likelihood of helping behaviour.