Sexism in online video games: The role of conformity to masculine norms and social dominance orientation

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 314-320

  Fox, Jesse ^a   Tang, Wai Yen ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender roles; Masculinity; Sex role stereotypes; Sexual harassment; Social identity model of deindividuation effects; Video games

Indexed keywords

DEINDIVIDUATION; GENDER ROLES; MASCULINITY; SEX-ROLE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; VIDEO GAME;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84900573645     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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