Hostility Is Associated with Self-Reported Cognitive and Social Benefits Across Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game Player Roles

Autor: Robert D. Rogers, James Intriligator, Ciaran M. Smith, Paul Rauwolf
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. 23:487-494
ISSN: 2152-2723
2152-2715
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2019.0349
Popis: Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) can sometimes be associated with patterns of play that are harmful to health and well-being. Hazardous MMORPG play has been linked to hostility (toward other people). However, little is known about how hostility, as a risk factor, relates to players' choices within games, or players' experiences of the positive aspects of MMORPGs. In this study, we surveyed 5,847 players of Jagex's
Databáze: OpenAIRE