Table 4.
Medians (Mdn) and interquartile range (IQR) for high (H MoCAs) and low (L MoCAs) Montréal cognitive assessment scores (MoCAs) for each condition (game mode), between-groups comparison (Mann–Whitney U Test), and between conditions comparison (Friedman's)
| Component | Competitive | Co-active | Collaborative | Between conditions comparison | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H MoCAs | L MoCAs | Between-groups comp. | H MoCAs | L MoCAs | Between-groups comp. | H MoCAs | L MoCAs | Between-groups comp. | H MoCAs | L MoCAs | ||
| Mdn (IQR) | Mdn (IQR) | Mann-Whitney U, p-Value | Mdn (IQR) | Mdn (IQR) | Mann-Whitney U, p-Value | Mdn (IQR) | Mdn (IQR) | Mann-Whitney U, p-Value | Chi-Square, p-Value | Chi-Square, p-Value | ||
| Core module | Competence | 2.2 (0.8) | 3.0 (0.8) | 29.500, 0.124 | 2.4 (0.6) | 3.4 (1.2) | 18.500, 0.017 | 2.4 (0.8) | 2.8 (0.5) | 24.000, 0.050 | 1.167, 0.558 | 0.483, 0.786 |
| Sensory and Imaginative Immersion | 2.3 (1.0) | 2.8 (1.2) | 32.000, 0.181 | 2.2 (1.4) | 2.7 (0.9) | 24.500, 0.056 | 2.2 (0.5) | 2.8 (0.9) | 29.000, 0.117 | 0.195, 0.907 | 0.581, 0.748 | |
| Flow | 3.0 (0.8) | 3.6 (1.6) | 34.500, 0.252 | 2.6 (0.8) | 3.0 (1.1) | 31.500, 0.170 | 3.0 (1.2) | 3.0 (1.5) | 40.500, 0.492 | 9.722, 0.008 | 3.379, 0.185 | |
| Tension/Annoyance | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.5) | 33.000, 0.044 | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 45.000, 0.366 | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.5) | 45.500, 0.664 | 2.000, 0.368 | 3.846, 0.146 | |
| Challenge | 1.2 (1.4) | 1.2 (1.1) | 41.500, 0.541 | 0.6 (1.0) | 0.6 (1.7) | 45.500, 0.760 | 0.8 (0.8) | 1.5 (0.9) | 23.500, 0.047 | 8.537, 0.014 | 4.688, 0.096 | |
| Negative Affect | 0.0 (0.3) | 0.3 (0.5) | 25.000, 0.045 | 0.0 (0.5) | 0.3 (0.5) | 44.000, 0.644 | 0.0 (0.3) | 0.0 (0.6) | 49.000, 0.966 | 1.750, 0.417 | 12.643, 0.267 | |
| Positive Affect | 2.8 (0.8) | 3.4 (1.2) | 30.500, 0.145 | 2.8 (0.8) | 3.0 (1.0) | 32.500, 0.193 | 2.8 (1.4) | 3.2 (1.0) | 34.000, 0.235 | 1.514, 0.469 | 0.581, 0.748 | |
| Social Presence Module | Empathy | 1.7 (1.3) | 2.8 (0.9) | 24.500, 0.057 | 2.3 (1.5) | 2.7 (1.0) | 37.500, 0.359 | 2.2 (1.3) | 2.8 (1.4) | 23.500, 0.047 | 2.048, 0.359 | 2.000, 0.368 |
| Negative Feelings | 0.0 (0.4) | 0.8 (0.9) | 29.000, 0.105 | 0.6 (0.8) | 0.4 (0.8) | 45.500, 0.750 | 0.4 (0.6) | 1.0 (1.2) | 32.000, 0.180 | 3.879, 0.144 | 2.643, 0.267 | |
| Behavioral Involvement | 0.7 (0.7) | 1.2 (1.1) | 26.000, 0.070 | 0.7 (1.2) | 1.3 (1.4) | 38.000, 0.378 | 2.3 (2.0) | 3.0 (1.8) | 39.000, 0.423 | 12.950, 0.002 | 13.937, 0.001 | |
Bold values represent that significant differences between conditions were found