Table 1.
Factor loadings of the Video Game Preference Survey based on a principal components analysis using varimax rotation with Kaiser normalization.
| Factors | |||||||
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| Social | Exploration | Challenge | Fantasy Character | Fantasy Environment | Familiarity | Violence | |
| Meet new people | .883 | ||||||
| Play online | .856 | ||||||
| Multiplayer | .750 | ||||||
| Display skills in public | .709 | ||||||
| Play with friends | .597 | ||||||
| Realistic graphics | .818 | ||||||
| 3D graphics | .797 | ||||||
| Explore unfamiliar places | .660 | ||||||
| Collect things | .650 | ||||||
| Hidden things | .646 | ||||||
| Single player | .540 | ||||||
| Challenging obstacles | .819 | ||||||
| Difficult to master | .765 | ||||||
| Compete for high score | .700 | ||||||
| Intellectually challenging | .582 | ||||||
| Other race | .865 | ||||||
| Other gender | .821 | ||||||
| Fantasy world | .821 | ||||||
| Other species | .534 | .621 | |||||
| Familiar games | .777 | ||||||
| Play with family | .646 | ||||||
| Violent content | .892 | ||||||
Note. Table presents standardized loadings. Variables are presented in descending order by loading within each factor. Loadings with absolute values less than .50 were omitted.