Study 5 - House game

OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) 2026 Preprint

Authors: Yael Ecker, Wilhelm Hofmann, Kathi Diel, Christian Unkelbach, Roland Imhoff
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Abstract

To capture maintenance motivation through actual behavior, we designed a computerized house maintenance game where participants invested effort to maintain their virtual house. We predicted and preregistered (https://aspredicted.org/ZM8_N14) that upward (vs. downward) self-comparisons would lead to greater investment compared to the upward (vs. downward) other-comparisons.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Educational Games and Gamification Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Publication details

Journal / source
OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)
Publication date
26 January 2026
Document type
Preprint