Hello!
If you play Online Games, the University of South Florida is asking for your help!
We are currently running a study to examine the effects of Online Game Addiction and are looking for volunteers to fill out a short online survey. Anyone who plays online video games, whether they play a lot or a little, is invited to please take our survey. The purpose of the study is to try to understand more about people who get addicted to online games and why people might get addicted to them in the first place. Ultimately, we would also like to understand what factors might help protect someone from experiencing negative side effects from playing online games, and how people can incorporate online video games into a healthy lifestyle.
I would also like to point out that the point of this study is NOT to paint video games in a negative light - my goal in pursuing this line of research is to understand how people can still play and enjoy video games without getting to the point where other areas of their life might suffer.
The survey is completely anonymous, and is hosted by a survey program run by the University of South Florida. We don't ask for your name, we don't collect your IP address information, and we don't collect any other information besides what you provide for us by answering questions on the survey.
If you would like to help us obtain a better understanding of the effects of Online Game Addiction, please follow this link to our survey:
http://hsccm2.hsc.usf.edu/checkbox/Surv ... veyid=5427
Thank you so much for your time and help!
P.S.
I was given approval from the forum admin before posting this link.