Aging well, can digital game help?-A WoW survey for gamers aged 55+

[Sohl]

Just.. wow! Great initiative!

[automationarmy]

Dear World of Warcraft gamers,

If you are aged 55+, you are welcome to take a survey about the social and emotional impacts of playing WoW on older adults. It is part of a 4-year founded project: “Aging well, can digital games help?”

Our goal is to examine how to use digital games to improve the quality of life of older adults. In addition to exploring questions about your WoW playing experiences, our study explores the potential social and emotional benefits of playing WoW, like dealing with loneliness, depression and isolation issues.

Here is the survey link: Socio-Emotional Impacts of Playing World of Warcraft on Older Adults(55+) - 0%

This survey will take approximately 10 minutes. To maintain the confidentiality of survey response, after submitting the survey, you will be directed to a separate website to provide contact info if you wish to become eligible for the lucky draw of two $100 cash prizes.

This research has received ethics approval and is being conducted under permission of the Simon Fraser University Research Ethics Board. If you have any concerns or complaints with respect to your participation in this research as a participant, please direct them to Dr. Jeffrey Toward, Director, Office of Research Ethics at [email protected] or 778-782-6593.

I'd like to thank everyone in advance for taking the time to complete the survey.

Emily Zhang
PhD Candidate,
Faculty of Education
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, Canada

Id imagine our seniors are having a miserable time trying to play wow. Its like your grandma hanging out in a xbox live cod lobby. /shudder doubt she'd find that appealing.

[emily26]

Hi,we have 310 responses now.

[emily26]

Hi, 329 responses now. We are getting there.

[emily26]

Hi, we have 330 responses now.
You may feel sick of seeing this post every day, but we are trying to get as many responses as possible.
Hope you can understand.

Thank you!

[emily26]

Here is the result of the Question “Has playing World of Warcraft(WoW) caused any of the following problems for you (Please choose all that apply)”?
46.0%--I experience fatigue after playing online for several hours.
25.7%--I sleep less so I can have more time to play online
15.0%--I skip meals because I am so attracted to the game.
46.9%--My exercise habits have changed since I started playing games.
33.6%--I spend less time staying in touch with family and real-life friends because I played WoW.
23.0%--I experienced conflict with my family and real-life friends over how much time I spent playing WoW.
19.5%--I was late or missed work because of the time I spent playing WoW.
22.1%--Other
Here are some other problems: lost spouse, wrist pain, eye fatigue, dropping out other hobbies like reading.

[emily26]

Hi, we have 346 responses now.

[emily26]

This survey will be closed on next Monday.
Please take a few minutes to complete it before it's closed.

Thank you very much!

[emily26]

Hi, today is the last day to complete the survey.

Thank you very much for your participation.