@article{ref1,
title="Effects of the contextual variables of racing games on risky driving behavior",
journal="Games for health journal",
year="2017",
author="Deng, Mingming and Chan, Alan H. S. and Wu, Feng and Liu, Shulin",
volume="6",
number="4",
pages="249-254",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This research conducted experimental studies to investigate the effects of the contextual variables of racing games on risky driving behavior. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: Three experiments were conducted. In Experiment 1, the effect of racing game violence on the driving-related risk-taking inclination of racing game players was examined. Experiment 2 investigated the impact of the competitiveness of racing games on risk-taking inclination, and Experiment 3 investigated the impact of the rewarded/punitive characteristics of racing games on the risk-taking inclination of racing game players. The Vienna Risk-Taking Test was used to measure risk-taking inclination of participants. <br><br>RESULTS: The game violence, competitiveness, and the reward characteristics of racing games, all had significant impacts in increasing risky driving behavior. The punitive characteristics of racing games had a significant effect, which decreases risky driving behavior. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The contextual variables of game violence, competitiveness, and rewarded/punitive characteristics of racing games investigated in this study were all shown to influence the risk-taking inclination of game players, which increased risky driving behavior. This study provides a useful reference for the classification and graded management of racing games.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2161-783X",
doi="10.1089/g4h.2016.0103",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2016.0103"
}