Scared but loving it: Children's enjoyment of fear as a diagnostic marker of anxiety?

Gilmore, Linda; Campbell, Marilyn

doi:10.1375/aedp.25.1.24

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“…These biological and psychological dimensions of thrill-seeking seem to be related to the enjoyment experienced by many viewers who enjoy horror movies (Vorderer & Hartmann, 2008). However, Gilmore and Campbell (2008) found in their study of sensationseeking and enjoyment that for children there was a hierarchy of enjoyment where horror-themed books and films were ranked below experiences such as haunted houses, rides, and roller coasters.…”

Section: Affective Responses In Vr: Fear Joy and Arousalmentioning

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“…These biological and psychological dimensions of thrill‐seeking seem to be related to the enjoyment experienced by many viewers who enjoy horror movies (Vorderer & Hartmann, 2008). However, Gilmore and Campbell (2008) found in their study of sensation‐seeking and enjoyment that for children there was a hierarchy of enjoyment where horror‐themed books and films were ranked below experiences such as haunted houses, rides, and roller coasters. Arguably, it seems that given the experiential and embodiment capacities of VR, it may be possible that a VR horror experience offers unique enjoyment opportunities that are more in line with roller coasters and other “real life” fear‐inducing experiences.…”

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Fright, attention, and joy while killing zombies in Virtual Reality: A psychophysiological analysis of VR user experience

Bender

Sung

2021

Psychology and Marketing

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To date, research on the user experience of Virtual Reality (VR) games is sparse even though VR and immersive gaming experiences are emerging as a substantial consumer based within the videogame industry. Using facial electromyography and skin conductance response measurement, the current research presents the first psychophysiological evidence to show that: (1) VR games may heighten affective responses such as fear and arousal; (2) different levels of immersion in various gameplay modes may evoke higher affective responses; and (3) these heightened affective responses significantly correlate with users’ experience of enjoyment at the precise onset of the affective response. Due to the second‐by‐second nature of psychophysiological measurement, the study's findings also pinpoint a specific sequence (i.e., entrapment in a dark room) within the gameplay that significantly evoked nearly 2.5‐times higher fear with arousal as well as enjoyment. These findings contribute to the ongoing study of VR in the fields of media psychology, media studies, human‐computer interaction studies, and marketing by demonstrating the strong link between immersion, affective responses, and positive user experience toward a horror VR game and their marketing implications.

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Section: Affective Responses In Vr: Fear Joy and Arousalmentioning

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Fright, attention, and joy while killing zombies in Virtual Reality: A psychophysiological analysis of VR user experience

Bender

Sung

2021

Psychology and Marketing

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“…People might like the thrill of a scary movie or a roller coaster ride for example, because they know that ultimately it is safe. Being able to control risk can lead to positive experiences that result in strong pleasure responses (Gilmore and Campbell, 2008). Such experiences are important in developing risk assessment during childhood.…”

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Understanding and designing nature experiences in cities: a framework for biophilic urbanism

Zari

2019

Cities & Health

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Increasing evidence shows that creating and maintaining relationships with nature is important for human wellbeing. Humanity has become a mostly urbanised species where people typically spend most of their time indoors. It is important then that strategies for deliberately bringing aspects of nature into urban spaces are explored. Design that responds to an understanding of people's innate connection to the living world can be termed biophilic design. This research defines a unique biophilic urbanism framework for analysing and mapping biophilic urban elements. Thirty characteristics of biophilic cities were identified and then used to map Wellington, New Zealand. Observations arising from the research include: 1/ while access to wild nature might be an important characteristic of a biophilic city, planned design interventions are also significant; and 2/ when identified biophilic elements form part of a larger interconnected spatial experience through time, positive effects may be enhanced. This can enable identification of strategic locations for biophilic interventions in the wider urban fabric to facilitate more effective urban nature experiences. This suggests that biophilic urbanism must encompass a wide range of human sensory information, and should be designed from a four-dimensional (i.e. including time) perspective. Keywords: biophilic design; urban design; urban nature; GIS mapping, Wellington, nature experience. Introduction: evidence of the benefit of human-nature relationshipsHuman survival is dependent on ecosystems and the biodiversity they contain (Bastian et al., 2012). This is because the diverse range of organisms inhabiting the planet affect ecosystem processes and functions, and therefore ecosystem services (Brook et al., 2013, Norberg et al., 2012. Ecosystem services are the benefits that humans (and other living organisms) derive, either directly or indirectly from the functions of ecosystems (Potschin and Haines-Young, 2016). At the same time that global biodiversity loss has accelerated (Ceballos et al., 2015), humanity has become an urbanised species. The trend towards urbanisation is rapidly increasingly globally, particularly in developing nations, with the proportion of total urban dwellers on the planet set to reach more than 70% by 2050 (Zhang, 2016). Combined with this, urbanised people in developed countries tend to spend high proportions (up to 90%) of time indoors (Matz et al., 2014). This has three important biodiversity-human relationship impications. Firstly, cities must be taken into account in terms of the large negative impact they have on biodiversity (Aronson et al., 2014). Secondly, because people are dependant on ecosystem services, which in part are supported by biodiversity, the abundance or lack of urban biodiversity directly impacts the majority of humans (Taylor and Hochuli, 2015). Finally, as urbanisation increases, cities tend to become more dense, and pressure on urban green spaces occurs. This means there is a risk that urban populations will experience nega...

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“…Some researchers (Gilmore & Campbell, 2008;Sylvers, Lilienfeld & LaPrairie, 2011) pointed out that this feeling may become permanent. Fear, phobia and anxiety are largely different from each other.…”

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Investigating Childhood Fears During Preschool Period in Terms of Child, Mother and Teacher Opinions

Önder¹,

Küsmüş²,

Cengiz³

2018

EUROPEAN J ED RES

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In this study, it is aimed to discover childhood fears of 60-72-month-old children through the opinions of preschool children, preschool teachers and mothers. Study group of the investigation consists of 52 participants; 18 children aged 60-72 months, 16 teachers and 18 mothers with preschool children, in Istanbul. An "Interview Form" which consists of 9 questions, was developed by the researchers. According to the findings, there are not significant differences in fear types among preschool children in different socioeconomic levels. In general, the most common fear types among all children are animals, robbery, natural events and nightmares. According to the mothers in lower and middle socioeconomic levels, children are mostly afraid of the dark and loneliness and to the mothers from upper socioeconomic level, they are afraid of strangers and unfamiliar settings, animals and loneliness. According to the teachers working in lower socioeconomic level schools, children are mostly afraid of animals; to the teachers from middle socioeconomic level schools, children are mostly afraid of the dark, strangers and unfamiliar settings; and according to the teachers working in high socioeconomic level schools, children are mostly afraid of separation, strangers and unfamiliar settings and loneliness.

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Scared but loving it: Children's enjoyment of fear as a diagnostic marker of anxiety?

Cited by 6 publications

References 20 publications

Fright, attention, and joy while killing zombies in Virtual Reality: A psychophysiological analysis of VR user experience

Fright, attention, and joy while killing zombies in Virtual Reality: A psychophysiological analysis of VR user experience

Understanding and designing nature experiences in cities: a framework for biophilic urbanism

Investigating Childhood Fears During Preschool Period in Terms of Child, Mother and Teacher Opinions

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