Task demand and mood repair: The intervention potential of computer games

New Media and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1339-1357

  Bowman, Nicholas D ^a   Tamborini, Ron ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

boredom; control; interactivity; mood management; stress; task demand; video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869986584     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444812450426     Document Type: Article

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