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Rieger, Diana, Frischlich, Lena ORCID: 0000-0001-5039-5301, Wulf, Tim ORCID: 0000-0002-2671-5106, Bente, Gary and Kneer, Julia (2015). Eating Ghosts: The Underlying Mechanisms of Mood Repair via Interactive and Noninteractive Media. Psychol. Pop. Media Cult., 4 (2). S. 138 - 155. WASHINGTON: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC. ISSN 2160-4142

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Abstract

Mood repair is a well-established function of media usage implying distraction from negative mood and the modification of unpleasant arousal states. Recent studies have found interactive media, in particular computer games, to be more effective in repairing mood than noninteractive media. It has been suggested that this is due to the higher task demand of interactive media distracting the players from negative feelings. Yet interactive media have also been found to increase arousal, which can also be seen as a cause for successful mood repair. It remains an open question which mechanism or to which degree both mechanisms-distraction and arousal regulation-account for mood repair via interactive media. The current study was designed to examine this so far unanswered question. We analyzed how effectively negative moods were regulated after a computer game, after a gameplay video, and without media consumption (control group). Mood repair, physiological arousal (positive change in electrodermal activity), and subjective arousal were assessed. Results confirmed that computer games led to a higher degree of mood repair and that this repair was a function of task demand as well as arousal characteristics. Results are discussed in terms of arousal regulation and intervention potential in interactive media.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Rieger, Diana UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Frischlich, Lena UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-5039-5301 UNSPECIFIED Wulf, Tim UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2671-5106 UNSPECIFIED Bente, Gary UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kneer, Julia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-404481
DOI:	10.1037/ppm0000018
Journal or Publication Title:	Psychol. Pop. Media Cult.
Volume:	4
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 138 - 155
Date:	2015
Publisher:	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
Place of Publication:	WASHINGTON
ISSN:	2160-4142
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language VIDEO GAME EXPOSURE; SELECTIVE EXPOSURE; HOSTILE FEELINGS; SATISFACTION; DEPRESSION; MANAGEMENT; ENJOYMENT; ADOLESCENTS; TELEVISION; RECOVERY Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/40448