Psicothema was founded in Asturias (northern Spain) in 1989, and is published jointly by the Psychology Faculty of the University of Oviedo and the Psychological Association of the Principality of Asturias (Colegio Oficial de Psicología del Principado de Asturias).
We currently publish four issues per year, which accounts for some 100 articles annually. We admit work from both the basic and applied research fields, and from all areas of Psychology, all manuscripts being anonymously reviewed prior to publication.
Psicothema, 2010. Vol. Vol. 22 (nº 4). 822-827
María T. Soto-Sanfiel, Laura Aymerich-Franch y Francesc Xavier Ribes Guàrdia
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Se explora el efecto de la interactividad en la identificación con los personajes de las ficciones audiovisuales. 310 participantes fueron sometidos al visionado de una ficción en una de dos condiciones: 1) interactiva (escogían la trama), y 2) no interactiva (veían la ficción convencionalmente). Luego, completaron un cuestionario con la escala EDI de identificación y empatía con los personajes, de Igartua y Páez. La capacidad de intervenir en la configuración del argumento (la interactividad) afectó a la identificación con los personajes. Los resultados añaden datos sobre psicología de los medios, sobre la interactividad en comunicación y permiten comprender los procesos de empatía e identificación con los personajes.
Impact of interactivity on identification with characters in fiction. The effect of interactivity on identification with characters in audiovisual fiction was observed. 310 participants were asked to watch a film in one of these two conditions: 1) interactive (they selected the plot), and 2) non-interactive (they consumed the fiction in a conventional way). After watching the movie, they completed a questionnaire with the EDI scale of identification and empathy with characters, created by Igartua and Paez. The capacity to intervene in the configuration of the plot (interactivity) affected identification with characters. The results provide data about the psychology of media and interactivity in communication and allow us to understand the processes of empathy and identification with characters.