Trojan Player Typology

Kahn, A. S., Shen, C., Lu, L., Ratan, R. A., Coary, S., Hou, J., ... & Williams, D. (2015). The Trojan Player Typology: A cross-genre, cross-cultural, behaviorally validated scale of video game play motivations. Computers in Human Behavior, 49, 354-361.

Items

Note: All questions are answered on a 5 point scale.

Anchors: 1 Strongly Disagree, 2 Disagree, 3 Neither Agree nor Disagree, 4 Agree, 5 Strongly Agree

Socializers
I like to chat with my friends while playing a video game
I like to use voice communication when I play
It’s important to me to play with a tightly knit group

Completionists
I like to master all elements of a game
I like to figure out how the game works inside and out
I like to try everything that is possible to do in a game

Competitors
Winning is a big reason for me to play video games
I play to win
It is important to me to be the fastest and most skilled person playing the game

Escapists
I like to do things in games which I cannot do in real life
Video games allow me to pretend I am
someone/somewhere else

Story-driven
I like the feeling of being part of a story
I like stories in a game

Smarty-pants
Games make me smarter
I play games to enhance my intellectual abilities

Scoring Instructions

Take the average of total points for a value for each subscale.

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