Earlyface

Give yoursrlf Just 20 minutes of video games after a hectic day at office will go a
long way to provide you quick stress relief, says a study research.
The study, published in the journal Computers in Human Behaviour, however, said
that choosing violent games to bust stress may be problematic as they may
increase aggressive outcomes.
The study authored by assistant professor Karyn Riddle from their University of
Wisconsin-Madison and two of its graduate students looked at how video games
may be used to manage emotions.
The participants included 82 undergraduate communication students. Half of the
participants were asked to play a frustrating video game while the other half
skipped the frustrating game and went directly to the next phase of the study.
The frustrating game was designed to be nearly impossible to complete, although
the participants were led to believe they should be able to go through all the
levels in 10 minutes.
All the participants then played for 18 minutes either a violent or a non-violent
game and then filled out a questionnaire about their emotions and feelings about
the game.
The researchers found that frustrated players were motivated to progress farther
in the games, which decreased their frustration and boosted feelings of
competency. This process of emotional restoration increased players' enjoyment
of both games.
However, those players who highly enjoyed the violent game showed a tendency
to perceive the world in a more hostile way than those who played the non-violent
game.
The results suggest that video games can be used to manage negative emotions,
but doing so with violent games might be problematic.