Table 4.
Five-factor model traits and corresponding gaming motivation traits (deduced from Vandenberghe [48]).
| Low score | Trait | High score |
| Cautious, predictable | Openness to experience | Inventive, curious |
| Repeating, conventional | Novelty | Open, imaginative experiences |
| Careless, impulsive | Conscientiousness | Efficient, organized |
| Low effort and self-control | Challenge | High effort and self-control |
| Reserved, solitary | Extraversion | Energetic, outgoing |
| Relaxing, low social engagement | Stimulation | Exciting, high social engagement |
| Analytical, detached | Agreeableness | Friendly, compassionate |
| Competition, defeating | Harmony | Cooperation, helping |
| Confident, secure | Neuroticism | Nervous, sensitive |
| Cheerful, comforting | Threat | Gloom, horror, high tension |