{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2774182267","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444817744850","title":"So scary, yet so fun: The role of self-efficacy in enjoyment of a virtual reality horror game","display_name":"So scary, yet so fun: The role of self-efficacy in enjoyment of a virtual reality horror game","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-12-05","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2774182267","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444817744850","mag":"2774182267"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/1461444817744850","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444817744850","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S88603889","display_name":"New Media & Society","issn_l":"1461-4448","issn":["1461-4448","1461-7315"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"New Media & Society","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5080989567","display_name":"Jih\u2010Hsuan Tammy Lin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3756-4892"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Jih-Hsuan Tammy Lin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Nat. Chengchi Univ"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Nat. Chengchi Univ","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5075891985","display_name":"Dai-Yun Wu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6622-1285"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87354575","display_name":"National Chengchi University","ror":"https://ror.org/03rqk8h36","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I87354575"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dai-Yun Wu","raw_affiliation_strings":["National Chengchi University, Taiwan"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"National Chengchi University, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87354575"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5083460322","display_name":"Chen-Chao Tao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2513-9952"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I148366613","display_name":"National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University","ror":"https://ror.org/00se2k293","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I148366613"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chen-Chao Tao","raw_affiliation_strings":["National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148366613"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5080989567"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":26.4969,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":62,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99233587,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"20","issue":"9","first_page":"3223","last_page":"3242"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12214","display_name":"Media Influence and Health","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1208","display_name":"Literature and Literary Theory"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12214","display_name":"Media Influence and Health","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1208","display_name":"Literature and Literary Theory"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12521","display_name":"Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion","score":0.987500011920929,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13229","display_name":"Gothic Literature and Media Analysis","score":0.9796000123023987,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3316","display_name":"Cultural Studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.7252272963523865},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/arousal","display_name":"Arousal","score":0.5625290274620056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-psychology","display_name":"Social psychology","score":0.5599678754806519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/context","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","score":0.4966774582862854},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/coping","display_name":"Coping (psychology)","score":0.4733175039291382},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/appeal","display_name":"Appeal","score":0.46056443452835083},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/affect","display_name":"Affect (linguistics)","score":0.4470479488372803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtual-reality","display_name":"Virtual reality","score":0.4225029945373535},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/content","display_name":"Content (measure theory)","score":0.4217081069946289},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.09615999460220337},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychotherapist","display_name":"Psychotherapist","score":0.07348507642745972}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.7252272963523865},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36951298","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q379784","display_name":"Arousal","level":2,"score":0.5625290274620056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.5599678754806519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.4966774582862854},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C73282008","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1759895","display_name":"Coping (psychology)","level":2,"score":0.4733175039291382},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778449503","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329777","display_name":"Appeal","level":2,"score":0.46056443452835083},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776035688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1606558","display_name":"Affect (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.4470479488372803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194969405","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170519","display_name":"Virtual reality","level":2,"score":0.4225029945373535},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778152352","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5165061","display_name":"Content (measure theory)","level":2,"score":0.4217081069946289},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.09615999460220337},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C542102704","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183257","display_name":"Psychotherapist","level":1,"score":0.07348507642745972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134306372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7754","display_name":"Mathematical analysis","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46312422","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11024","display_name":"Communication","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/1461444817744850","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444817744850","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S88603889","display_name":"New Media & Society","issn_l":"1461-4448","issn":["1461-4448","1461-7315"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"New Media & Society","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320316922","display_name":"National Chengchi University","ror":"https://ror.org/03rqk8h36"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320323443","display_name":"National Chiao Tung University","ror":"https://ror.org/00se2k293"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":33,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W575737151","https://openalex.org/W658648663","https://openalex.org/W1574470203","https://openalex.org/W1849190772","https://openalex.org/W1926389333","https://openalex.org/W1931089486","https://openalex.org/W1967108006","https://openalex.org/W1969255394","https://openalex.org/W1982772294","https://openalex.org/W1999462842","https://openalex.org/W2000161159","https://openalex.org/W2001721866","https://openalex.org/W2006775629","https://openalex.org/W2016150968","https://openalex.org/W2020386158","https://openalex.org/W2025908221","https://openalex.org/W2027549832","https://openalex.org/W2050581901","https://openalex.org/W2051187979","https://openalex.org/W2070767738","https://openalex.org/W2075915333","https://openalex.org/W2076956044","https://openalex.org/W2088977370","https://openalex.org/W2091774134","https://openalex.org/W2096976340","https://openalex.org/W2118526556","https://openalex.org/W2143087243","https://openalex.org/W2186483695","https://openalex.org/W2346033109","https://openalex.org/W4236315391","https://openalex.org/W4241013347","https://openalex.org/W4252813635","https://openalex.org/W4293586167"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2270327411","https://openalex.org/W2161479870","https://openalex.org/W1528479792","https://openalex.org/W581435334","https://openalex.org/W2372523617","https://openalex.org/W2537778971","https://openalex.org/W2381437869","https://openalex.org/W3144558929","https://openalex.org/W2973568603","https://openalex.org/W2610179357"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Enjoyment":[0],"of":[1,14,25,51,114,121,140],"frightening":[2],"content":[3,27],"is":[4,131],"a":[5,18,29,37,42],"paradoxical":[6],"issue":[7],"in":[8,28,126,144],"communication":[9],"research.":[10],"Revising":[11],"Zillmann\u2019s":[12],"model":[13,20],"suspense,":[15],"we":[16],"propose":[17],"three-factor":[19],"examining":[21],"the":[22,52,111,119,132,136,145],"audience":[23],"appeal":[24,120],"horror":[26,34,44,56,87,96,122],"virtual":[30],"reality":[31],"(VR)":[32],"survival":[33],"game.":[35,45],"In":[36],"laboratory":[38],"study,":[39],"participants":[40],"played":[41],"VR":[43],"The":[46],"results":[47],"show":[48],"significant":[49],"effects":[50],"three-way":[53],"interaction":[54],"among":[55,80],"self-efficacy,":[57],"physiological":[58],"arousal,":[59],"and":[60,64,110,142],"fear":[61,75,141],"on":[62],"enjoyment":[63,78,93,100,143],"future":[65,104],"intentions":[66,105],"to":[67,76,90,106,117,134],"play":[68,107],"similar":[69,108],"games.":[70],"Horror":[71,124],"self-efficacy":[72,88,125],"interacts":[73],"with":[74,128],"affect":[77],"only":[79],"high-arousal":[81],"participants.":[82],"Among":[83],"high-fear":[84],"participants,":[85],"higher":[86],"leads":[89],"significantly":[91],"greater":[92],"than":[94],"lower":[95],"self-efficacy.":[97],"We":[98],"measured":[99],"through":[101],"self-reported":[102],"ratings,":[103],"games,":[109],"behavioral":[112],"choice":[113],"subsequent":[115],"games":[116],"demonstrate":[118],"content.":[123],"coping":[127],"mediated":[129],"fright":[130],"key":[133],"explaining":[135],"conditional":[137],"positive":[138],"association":[139],"gaming":[146],"context.":[147]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}