RT Journal Article
T1 Examining the User Engagement on Mind-Sport Online Games: A Social Cognitive Theory and Word-of-Mouth Based Model Proposal
A1 Linares, Manuela
A1 Gallego Pereira, María Dolores
A1 Bueno Ávila, Salvador
K1 Online games
K1 Mind-sport games
K1 Social Cognitive Theory (SCT)
K1 Word-of-Mouth (WOM)
K1 User engagement
AB Online gamers have increased exponentially in the last few years in all typesof online games, including mind-sport games. These games, like Bridge or Chess, havebeen traditionally played face-to-face. Nowadays more and more players prefer to useonline platforms to play mind-sport games. Previous studies have investigated differentaspects of online games and even a few on mind-sport games. However, the frameworksWOM (Word-of-Mouth) and SCT (Social Cognitive Theory) have been sparsely used in thiscontext. In this manner, the present article proposes two objectives: (1) using the SCT inorder to analyse the impact of the sociological factor on user engagement in mind-sportonline games and (2) analysing how the WOM affects user engagement in mind-sportonline games. Specifically, the proposed PLS-SEM model is defined by combining fiveconstructs from these frameworks: (1) health consciousness, (2) WOM and emotionalbehaviour, (3) self-efficacy, (4) cognitive engagement, and (5) behavioural intention. Thefindings reveal that health consciousness affects WOM and emotional behaviour in apositive way as players desire well-being. Also, WOM and emotional behaviour affectcognitive engagement, as positive comments encourage high-skill gamers in mind sports.Finally, this study shows how the environmental factor of SCT is represented by WOM andemotional behaviour in an indirect way and the personal factor represented by self-efficacyin a direct way to positively influence behaviour intention.
PB Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/25289
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/25289
LA en
NO Linares, M.; Gallego, M.D.; Bueno, S. Examining the User Engagement on Mind-Sport Online Games: A Social Cognitive Theory and Word-of-Mouth Based Model Proposal. Big Data Cogn. Comput. 2025, 9, 91. https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc9040091
NO Departamento de Organización de Empresas y Marketing
DS RIO
RD May 7, 2026