Entrapment in games: Reframing persistence in the I-PACE framework
  • Metaadatok
Tartalom: https://real.mtak.hu/237475/
Archívum: REAL
Gyűjtemény: Status = Published
Type = Article
Subject = R Medicine / orvostudomány: RC Internal medicine / belgyógyászat: RC554 Personality disorders. Behavior problems / személyiségzavarok, viselkedési problémák
Cím:
Entrapment in games: Reframing persistence in the I-PACE framework
Létrehozó:
Strojny, Paweł
Kłosiński, Michał
Dátum:
2026
Téma:
RC554 Personality disorders. Behavior problems / személyiségzavarok, viselkedési problémák
Tartalmi leírás:
This paper introduces entrapment as a socio-cognitive pathway of gaming persistence that complements the gratification–compensation sequence in the I-PACE framework. Drawing on escalation-of-commitment theory, identity maintenance, sunk-cost reasoning, and social obligations, we argue that contemporary game architectures, especially gacha systems, transform cumulative investments of time, money, and identity into barriers against disengagement. Empirical signals, including sunk-cost effects, gaming-contingent self-worth, loss aversion, and amotivation, indicate that after initial gratification, persistence may become decoupled from enjoyment and remain both measurable and clinically relevant. Entrapment is not a universal endpoint but an optional trajectory, clarifying why some players continue “without joy” and underscoring implications for assessment, intervention, and responsible design.
Nyelv:
angol
Típus:
Article
PeerReviewed
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Formátum:
text
Azonosító:
Strojny, Paweł and Kłosiński, Michał (2026) Entrapment in games: Reframing persistence in the I-PACE framework. JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS, 15 (1). pp. 19-25. ISSN 2062-5871
Kapcsolat:
MTMT:37092111 doi: 10.1556/2006.2025.00459
Létrehozó:
cc_by_nc