| Title |
Psychiatrists’ Perceptions of Role-Playing Games
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Psychiatric Quarterly, January 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11126-015-9339-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Eric Lis, Carl Chiniara, Robert Biskin, Richard Montoro |
| Abstract |
The literature has seen a surge in research on the mental health impacts of technologies such as Facebook, video games, and massively-multiplayer online role-playing games such as World of Warcraft, but little is known regarding the mental health impact of non-video role-playing games, such as Dungeons & Dragons. The present study examines how psychiatrists' perceive role-playing games and whether they play them. Psychiatrists at a tertiary care centre in Canada completed a questionnaire assessing history of playing role-playing games and whether they associate them with psychopathology. Forty-eight psychiatrists responded. Twenty-three percent have played a role-playing game over their lifetimes. Twenty-two percent believed there was an association between psychopathology and role-playing games. A majority of psychiatrists who responded do not associate role-playing games with psychopathology. Implications for clinical practice and future research are discussed. |
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| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Spain | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 2 | 40% |
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| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 40% |
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| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 78 | 98% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 6% |
| Researcher | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 16% |
| Unknown | 20 | 25% |
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| Social Sciences | 10 | 13% |
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