What is the psychology behind teen spending habits on microtransactions in games like Roblox and why do they value digital items over physical ones?
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What is the psychology behind teen spending habits on microtransactions in games like Roblox and why do they value digital items over physical ones?
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adolescent psychology microtransactions video games loot boxes social comparison identity digital possessions research Roblox teens Google ↗
research adolescents virtual goods digital ownership identity social status gaming microtransactions Google ↗
- Adolescents and loot boxes: links with problem gambling and motivations for purchase · pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Loot box engagement and problem gambling among adolescent gamers: Findings from a national survey · sciencedirect.com
- Adolescents and loot boxes: a systematic review of behavioral mechanisms and problematic outcomes · sciencedirect.com
- Why do teens spend real money in virtual worlds? A consumption values and developmental psychology perspective on virtual consumption · sciencedirect.com
- Heavy spenders in digital games: expenditure disparities and associations between microtransactions, gaming disorder and gambling disorder among adolescents · pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Frontiers | Heavy spenders in digital games: expenditure disparities and associations between microtransactions, gaming disorder and gambling disorder among adolescents · frontiersin.org
Queries
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| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
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adolescent psychology microtransactions video games loot boxes social comparison identity digital possessions research Roblox teens OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
research adolescents virtual goods digital ownership identity social status gaming microtransactions OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |