Research project VGESP

VGESP – Video Games, Stress, and Personality

The project at a glance

  • Start date:
    01 Feb 2022
  • Duration in months:
    48
  • Funding:
    FNR
  • Principal Investigator(s):
    André MELZER

About

In this doctoral project, we are testing the relations between video game (VG) effects and stress: Are VG effective for acute or long-term stress reduction, and do violent vs. non-violent VG differ in this regard? Do personality-related factors like the Dark Tetrad have a moderating role?

Organisation and Partners

  • Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences
  • Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE)
  • Health and Behaviour
  • Health promotion and aggression prevention
  • André Schulz (UL)

Project team

Keywords

  • Video games
  • Emotion regulation
  • Stress
  • Personality
  • Dark tetrad

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