Playing under threat. Examining stereotype threat in female game players

The present study assesses the impact of stereotype threat on how women experience digital gaming in an evaluative context. By means of a controlled lab experiment, this study tested the effects of reinforcing stereotypical information suggesting that women are less competent players versus the effe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Computers in human behavior 2016-04, Vol.57, p.377-387
Hauptverfasser:	Vermeulen, Lotte, Castellar, Elena Núñez, Janssen, Dirk, Calvi, Licia, Van Looy, Jan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Culture Digital Digital games Electronic & video games Experiment Female players Females Games Gender Human behavior Players Social identity Stereotype threat Threat evaluation
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