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character attachment: a standalone construct

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Game studies

a player's bond with their game character, measured through identification, ownership, control and responsibility.

In game studies, character attachment refers to a player's bond with their game character, measured through identification, ownership, control and responsibility. This meaning comes from Lewis (2008) in CyberPsychology & Behavior.[1]

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References

Lewis, M. L., Weber, R., & Bowman, N. D. (2008). “They May Be Pixels, But They're MY Pixels:” Developing a Metric of Character Attachment in Role-Playing Video Games. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11(4), 515-518. https://doi.org/10.1089/cpb.2007.0137

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