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29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

The Angry Gamer: The Relationship Between in-Game Difficulty Level and Negative Affect in a Violent Video Game

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Social

  • Alan Leigh
    Towson University
  • Maria St. Pierre
    Towson University
  • David Earnest
    Towson University
  • Geoffrey Munro
    Towson University
  • Jessica Stansbury
    Towson University

Abstract

134 participants played BioShock, a violent video game that incorporates in-game moral decisions, in addition to completing affect and morality measures. Violent content and in-game decisions did not predict negative affect. However, in-game difficulty level was a contributing factor to negative affect.

Emotion

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