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Below is a partial list of articles and academic sources to help you continue to learn about this community.

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Carroll, James L. and Paul M. Carolin. "Relationship between Game Playing and Personality." Psychological Reports 64 (1989): 705-6.
Carter, Robert and David Lester. "Personalities of Players of Dungeons & Dragons." Psychological Reports 82(1) (1998): 182.
Dear, William. The Dungeon Master: the Disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III. London: Sphere, 1984.
DeRenard, Lisa A. and Linda M. Kline. "Alienation and the Game Dungeons and Dragons." Psychological Reports 66 (3, pt. 2) (1990): 1219-1222.
Douse, N.A., & McManus, I.C. "The Personality of Fantasy Game Players." British Journal of Psychology 84 (1993): 505-509.
Fine, Gary Alan. Shared Fantasy: Role-Playing Games as Social Worlds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983.
Kendall, Lori. "'The Nerd Within': Mass Media and the Negotiation of Identity Among Computer-Using Men." Journal of Men's Studies 7(3) (1999): 353-69.
Simon, Armando. "Emotional Stability Pertaining to the Game of Dungeons & Dragons." Psychology in the Schools 24(4) (1987): 329-332.
Toles-Patkin, T. "Rational Coordination in the Dungeon." Journal of Popular Culture 20, 1 (1986): 1-14.