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WhitepaperUniversity of York3 Nov 2026

Seeing Your Own Mind Playing Out on the Screen: A Constructivist Grounded Theory of Video Games as Dynamic Coping Systems

Game Studies
Game Culture
Player Behavior

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Darkest Dungeon

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Seeing Your Own Mind Playing Out on the Screen: A Constructivist Grounded Theory of Video Games as Dynamic SAHAR MIRHADI, University of York, United Kingdom IOANNA IACOVIDES, University of York, United Kingdom ALENA DENISOVA, University of York, United Kingdom Whilst video games have shown their capacity to support coping during periods of personal difficulty, there remains a limited understanding of exactly how they scaffold these outcomes.

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