Trends in Psychology

Stress-Reducing Effects of Playing a Casual Video Game among Undergraduate Students

Trends in Psychology March 11, 2021 Veeral Desai, Arnav Gupta, Lucas Andersen et al.

To assess the potential effectiveness of playing a simple, casual video game (Flower) in reducing stress relative to participating in a mindfulness-meditation session (body scan) among undergraduate students. Eighty undergraduate student participants (mean age = 19.46 years, SD = 1.43; gender: 48 females, 29 males, 3 preferred not to answer) were assigned to one of two groups in alternating...