The study was conducted by Jane Barnett and her colleagues at Middlesex University, who recruited 292 male and female gamers aged 12 to 83 to play World of Warcraft. The players were asked to complete a questionnaire on anger, aggression and personality before playing the game for two hours, after which they took the test again.More info at Shacknews.
In their results, the psychologists found that participants were more likely to feel calm or tired after playing, though there were differences depending on age, sex and personality.
"There were actually higher levels of relaxation before and after playing the game as opposed to experiencing anger but this did very much depend on personality type," said Barnett. "This will help us to develop a emotion and gaming questionnaire to help distinguish the type of gamer who is likely to transfer their online aggression into everyday life."
Violent games relax players
Posted on Monday, April 07 2008 @ 0:15 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
A study conducted by Jane Barnett and her colleagues at Middlesex University suggests violent video games make gamers less angry and have a relaxing effect: