Nicholas L. Matthews

Playing by the Rules

Nicole Martins, Nicholas L. Matthews, Rabindra Ratan · Journal of Family Issues · 2015 · 163 citations

Family Involvement, Game Theory, Social Psychology +22

Playing by the Rules: Parental Mediation of Video Game Play

Nicole Martins, Nicholas L. Matthews, Rabindra Ratan · Journal of Family Issues · 2015 · 53 citations

Online Gaming, Family Involvement, Social Psychology +23

Do Audiences Judge the Morality of Characters Relativistically? How Interdependence Affects Perceptions of Characters’ Temporal Moral Descent

Matthew Grizzard, Nicholas L. Matthews, C. Joseph Francemone et al. · Human Communication Research · 2021 · 41 citations

Character Judgments, First-person Narrative, Behavioral Decision Making +23

Increased Cognitive Load during Video Game Play Reduces Rape Myth Acceptance and Hostile Sexism after Exposure to Sexualized Female Avatars

Glenna L. Read, Teresa Lynch, Nicholas L. Matthews · Sex Roles · 2018 · 35 citations

Sexual Cultures, Behavioral Sciences, Sexualized Female Avatars +14

The Impact of Moral Expectancy Violations on Audiences’ Parasocial Relationships With Movie Heroes and Villains

James Alex Bonus, Nicholas L. Matthews, Tim Wulf · Communication Research · 2019 · 35 citations

Moral Philosophy, Social Psychology, Moral Issue +18