BACKGROUND A school-based physical activity intervention designed to encourage adolescent girls to be more active was more effective for some participants than for others. We examined whether baseline enjoyment of exercise moderated response to the intervention. METHODS Adolescent girls with a low level of baseline activity who participated in a controlled trial of an intervention to promote ...

This article explores video game enjoyment originated by games' key characteristic, interactivity. An online experiment (N=500) tested experiences of effectance (perceived influence on the game world) and of being in control as mechanisms that link interactivity to enjoyment. A video game was manipulated to either allow normal play, reduce perceived effectance, or reduce perceived control. Enjo...

OBJECTIVE To compare obese v. non-obese consumers in terms of their general food-related lifestyles and to explore possible food-related factors affecting obesity in Italy. DESIGN The data were collected using a self-completion questionnaire. Data included sociodemographic information, measures of the Food-Related Lifestyle scale (FRL) and self-reported weight and height. A logistic regressio...

advantages and limitations compared with those of traditional shopping, the characteristics of e-shoppers, and the factors affecting the adoption and usage of e-shopping. Since the late 1990s, a growing number of empirical studies have addressed these questions. For example, Chang et al. (5) classified the determinants of e-shopping behavior into three categories: perceived characteristics of t...

Abstract Enjoyment is an important psychological construct in many life domains. Despite the importance of construct, conceptual clarity what enjoyment remains elusive. The elusive understanding probably caused by ambiguity and a confusion public usage between hedonic eudaimonic qualities positive feelings. quality feelings (e.g., fun) reflects simple attainment desires; whereas joy) fulfilling...

Research Article Sameh Al-Natour American University of Sharjah [email protected] Izak Benbasat University of British Columbia [email protected] Ron Cenfetelli University of British Columbia [email protected] In recent work, researchers have supplemented traditional IS adoption models with new constructs that capture users’ relational, social, and emotional beliefs. These b...

today, the internet is the significant tool of online shopping in all around the world. online transaction systems make shopper possible to make payment for services or products utilizing the internet. the current paper purpose is to focus on the elements that can affect online repurchase intentions. in the current paper we utilized survey questionnaire to gather 102 in malaysia from those that...

This study examined whether (a) training and competition influence achievement goals, effort, enjoyment, tension, and performance; (b) achievement goals mediate the effects of training and competition on effort, enjoyment, tension, and performance; and (c) the context influences the relationships between goals and effort, enjoyment, tension, and performance. Participants (32 males, 28 females; ...

This study investigated the role of television news as entertainment by focusing on the enjoyment that viewers experience while watching television news stories. In particular, the study examined the relationship between arousing news stories and enjoyment, and explored the potential moderating role of age and sensation seeking. Participants (N = 288) watched four news stories and reported both...

This study aims to explore how consumers evaluate these time attributes; i.e., the value of time, when they are facing a shopping mode choice between physical store shopping and e-shopping. For this purpose, it conducts an experiment to acquire data on respondents’ stated preference choices between physical bookstore shopping and online bookstore shopping. It is finally found that the value of ...