The racing-game effect: Why do video racing games increase risk-taking inclinations?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1395-1409

  Fischer, Peter ^a   Greitemeyer, Tobias ^b   Morton, Thomas ^a   Kastenmüller, Andreas ^c   Postmes, Tom ^d   Frey, Dieter ^e   Kubitzki, Jörg ^f   Odenwälder, Jörg ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f Allianz AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Racing games; Reckless driving; Risk taking; Self perception; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AROUSAL; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349204631     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209339628     Document Type: Article

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