MMOG Research Please Help!

PsyDGamer

Most gamers benefit greatly from playing; however, about fifteen percent of gamers become addicted.  The goal of this research study is to develop a measure that can quickly and easily differentiate the small number of addicted gamers from the majority of gamers who are not addicted.  This measure will allow mental health professionals to identify addicted gamers and provide services to them while simultaneously protecting gamers who are not addicted from becoming stigmatized.

Below you will find a link to a study.  You must be at least 18 years of age to participate in this study.  Participation in this study should take betweeen ten and fifteen minutes.  The study includes a gaming measure, two measure of interpersonal functioning and a demographic questionaire.  At the end of the study is a link that will allow you to enter a raffle for a $20 gift certificate to Amazon.com  Entry in the raffle requires that you are at least 18 years of age and provide a valid email address.  This email address is kept separate from the study, i.e., you will remain anonymous.

Link to Study:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CNXMTN5

Aeonblades

Originally posted by PsyDGamer

Most gamers benefit greatly from playing; however, about fifteen percent of gamers become addicted.  The goal of this research study is to develop a measure that can quickly and easily differentiate the small number of addicted gamers from the majority of gamers who are not addicted.  This measure will allow mental health professionals to identify addicted gamers and provide services to them while simultaneously protecting gamers who rae not addicted from becoming stigmatized.

Below you will find a link to a study.  You must be at least 18 years of age to participate in this study.  Participation in this study should take betweeen ten and fifteen minutes.  The study includes a gaming measure, two measure of interpersonal functioning and a demographic questionaire.  At the end of the study is a link that will allow you to enter a raffle for a $20 gift certificate to Amazon.com  Entry in the raffle requires that you are at least 18 years of age and provide a valid email address.  This email address is kept separate from the study, i.e., you will remain anonymous.

Link to Study:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CNXMTN5

Saying you are addicted to video games just because you play them a lot is like saying someone is addicted to marijuana because they smelled it at a concert.

PsyDGamer

I agree and you are correct in pointing out that many people can play for hours a day with no symptoms.

Two  goals of this research are to look for the factors that contribute to game additction and to reduce the stigma attached to gamers who play a lot without any problems.  Video game playing is often healty and is only unhealthy given specific (theorized) contexts.  A goal of this study is to study these theorized contexts in the hopes of helping the minority of gamers who become addicted. 

As a gamer myself the last thing I want to do is promote gamer stereotypes or attack gaming.  Playing video games have a positive affect on people more often than not.

PsyDGamer

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