Table 7 Medians (Mdn) and interquartile range (IQR) for high extraversion and low extraversion for each condition (game mode), and between conditions comparison (Friedman's)

Core module

Competence

3.0 (0.5)

2.2 (0.7)

29.500, 0.117

2.4 (1.1)

2.5 (1.6)

46.500, 0.789

2.8 (0.7)

2.3 (1.9)

24.000, 0.047

1.806, 0.405

2.294, 0.318

Sensory and Imaginative Immersion

2.3 (1.4)

2.6 (0.6)

39.000, 0.402

2.4 (1.4)

2.5 (1.2)

46.000, 0.761.

2.3 (1.1)

2.4 (0.9)

47.500, 0.849

1.027, 0.598

0.914, 0.633

Flow

3.0 (1.3)

3.2 (1.0)

48.000, 0.879

2.6 (1.5)

2.7 (0.9)

43.500, 0.622

2.8 (1.7)

3.0 (1.0)

42.500, 0.569

2.970, 0.227

10.563, 0.005

Tension/Annoyance

0.0 (0.1)

0.0 (0.0)

45.000, 0.543

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

45.000, 0.317

0.0 (0.1)

0.0 (0.2)

50.000, 1.000

2.600, 0.273

0.500, 0.779

Challenge

1.2 (2.0)

1.5 (0.9)

38.500, 0.382

0.5 (1.3)

1.0 (1.1)

41.000, 0.493

1.3 (1.4)

1.1 (0.8)

48.000, 0.879

4.171, 0.124

7.000, 0.030

Negative Affect

0.1 (0.5)

0.1 (0.4)

46.500, 0.776

0.0 (0.5)

0.3 (0.6)

42.000, 0.504

0.0 (0.6)

0.1 (0.3)

45.500, 0.700

0.095, 0.953

0.667, 0.717

Positive Affect

3.0 (1.3)

3.0 (0.9)

49.000, 0.939

3.0 (1.2)

2.9 (1.7)

45.500, 0.732

3.1 (1.5)

2.9 (1.1)

43.000, 0.594

2.438, 0.296

1.556, 0.459

Social Presence Module

Empathy

2.6 (2.0)

1.9 (1.5)

37.500, 0.343

2.5 (1.1)

2.5 (1.6)

37.500, 0.342

2.5 (2.2)

2.6 (1.2)

47.500, 0.849

2.513, 0.285

1.282, 0.527

Negative Feelings

0.4 (1.0)

0.2 (0.9)

39.000, 0.387

0.7 (1.0)

0.5 (0.8)

44.000, 0.634

0.3 (1.0)

0.7 (0.6)

44.500, 0.675

0.452, 0.798

1.267, 0.531

Behavioral Involvement

1.0 (1.0)

0.7 (0.5)

31.000, 0.145

0.9 (1.0)

0.7 (1.4)

43.000, 0.593

2.4 (2.8)

3.0 (1.7)

47.500, 0.849

11.118, 0.004

16.000, < 0.001