References

About

Background

Research shows people deliberately subject themselves to negative stimuli, suggesting a behavioral preference for such stimuli Kerr, Siegle, and Orsini (2019); Oosterwijk (2017)
People rated high in morbid curiosity tend to identity with the “horror fandom” Scrivner and Christensen (2021); Scrivner (2021)
Research indicates individuals use horror content to cope with anxiety & regulate emotions (“Self-Trigger”) Scrivner and Christensen (2021); Bellet, Jones, and McNally (2020)
Horror fan motivations characterized by the Horror Typology Scale Scrivner et al. (2022)

---
title: "References"
format: 
  html:
    code-fold: true
    code-link: true
    code-tools: true
    toc: true
    toc-depth: 3
    toc-location: left
editor: visual
theme: 
  light: flatly
  dark: darkly
lightbox: true
---

# **About**

## **Background**

-   Research shows people deliberately subject themselves to negative stimuli, suggesting a behavioral preference for such stimuli Kerr, Siegle, and Orsini ([2019](#ref-kerr2019voluntary)); Oosterwijk ([2017](#ref-oosterwijk2017choosing))

-   People rated high in morbid curiosity tend to identity with the "horror fandom" Scrivner and Christensen ([2021](#ref-scrivner2021scaring)); Scrivner ([2021](#ref-scrivner2021psychology))

-   Research indicates individuals use horror content to cope with anxiety & regulate emotions ("Self-Trigger") Scrivner and Christensen ([2021](#ref-scrivner2021scaring)); Bellet, Jones, and McNally ([2020](#ref-bellet2020self))

-   Horror fan motivations characterized by the Horror Typology Scale Scrivner et al. ([2022](#ref-scrivner2022psychological))