Psychology and role-playing games – reading list

posted: 2384 days ago, on Monday, 2005 Aug 01 at 10:01
tags: psychology, Dungeons and Dragons.

  1. Carroll, JL & Carolin, PM (1989) Relationship between game playing and personality. Psychol. Rep., 64, 705-706.
  2. Carter, R. & Lester, D. (1998) Personalities of players of Dungeons and Dragons. Psychol. Rep., 82, 182
  3. Dayan, D. (1986) Book Review: "Shared Fantasy: Role-playing games as social worlds" American J. Sociology, 91(5), 1219-1228.
  4. DeRenard, LA & Kline, LM (1990) Alienation and the game Dungeons and Dragons, Psychol. Rep., 66, 1219-1222.
  5. Lancaster, K. () Do role-playing games promote crime, satanism and suicide among players as critics claim? J. Popular Culture, 67-79
  6. Rains, P. () Book Review: "Shared Fantasy: Role-playing games as social worlds" Sociology and Social Research
  7. Ronnick, MV (1997) Classical mythology in the "dungeon". The Classical Bulletin, 73(2), 111-118.
  8. Rosenthal, GT, Soper, B, Folse, EJ & Whipple, GJ (1998) Role-play gamers and National Guardsmen compared. Psychol. Rep., 82, 169-170.
  9. Simon, A. (1987) Emotional stability pertaining to the game of Dungeons and Dragons Psychol. in the Schools, 24, 329-332
  10. Toles-Patkin, T. (1986) Rational coordination in the Dungeon. J. Popular Culture, 20, 1-14.

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