Associations between personality traits and experiential gratification in an online gaming context

We explored how personality traits are associated with experiential gratification in an online gaming context by applying Pine and Gilmore’s (1998) experience economy framework. Results of a confirmatory factor analysis validated the hypothesis that the experience economy framework would be a reliable and valid construct in measuring online gamers’ sense of experiential gratification. Furthermore, a regression analysis substantiated the influence of personality traits on the experiential gratification of online game players.