AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF EXPERIENTIAL VALUE AND LIFESTYLES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON SATISFACTION IN ADOLESCENTS: AN EXAMPLE USING ONLINE GAMING.

CONSUMER behavior; MATHEMATICAL models of human behavior; TEENAGERS; VIDEO games; YOUNG adults; PSYCHOLOGY; FACTOR analysis; INTERPERSONAL relations

This study tests a consumer behavioral model on Taiwanese adolescents and young adults engaging in online gaming. The major focus is on how these consumers transfer the value of their experiences and lifestyles to satisfaction, which may assist in the further exploration of the specific consumption behavior characteristics of adolescents and young adults, particularly with regard to their social functioning and deep-seated psychological needs. Using a two-stage sampling design process, data were collected on a total of 211 consumers, with the statistical analysis methods adopted for this study including a reliability test, confirmatory factor analysis, and LISREL analysis. Our results indicate that causal relationships hold in certain experiential value and lifestyle constructs. In particular, two experiential value constructs (social function, empathy and escapism) and two lifestyle constructs (pursuit of recreation and taste for life, reference group) play major roles that affect satisfaction among adolescents and young adults in online gaming in Taiwan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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