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Psychology Today Articles on Role-playing Games
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Hawke Robinson
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published
Jan 01, 2012
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last modified
Oct 04, 2017 05:23 AM
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filed under:
research,
blog,
blog posting,
TODO,
Material to read
Some notes for future reading, research, and commentary.
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Why The Popular Negative Stereotypes About Role-playing Gamers Are Important to Address
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by
Hawke Robinson
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published
Jun 13, 2014
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last modified
Nov 14, 2020 02:46 AM
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filed under:
blog,
Anti-rpg,
blog posting,
research
Here is an example of how pervasive the inculcation of misinformation and myths of negative stereotypes about role-playing gamers has become in the united states.
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What is Question/Hypothesis of the RPG Research Observation Group 1?
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by
Hawke Robinson
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published
Mar 27, 2013
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last modified
Aug 22, 2017 04:20 PM
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filed under:
Potential RPG Research Question,
research,
blog,
blog posting,
RPG Research Project Updates
I had a recent question on Facebook about my posting: "Finished session 5 with RPG Preliminary Observation group 1, using Ea d20 RPG in a Tolkien Middle-earth setting." The question was from Sarah Lynne Bowman, author of The Functions of Role-playing Games: How Participants Create Community, Solve Problems and Explore Identity. She asked: "What's the research question/hypothesis?"
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RPG Recreation Therapy Hypothetical Scenario - Bipolar Clients in Complex Interpersonal Interactions
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by
Hawke Robinson
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published
Feb 25, 2013
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last modified
May 10, 2016 11:15 AM
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filed under:
Disabilities,
therapeutic rpg,
research,
blog,
bipolar,
rpg for therapy,
blog posting
As we continue through the course on Recreation Therapy for People with Disabilities at Eastern Washington University, we have various assignments to write up hypothetical scenarios with hypothetical clients. This is one with several types of scenarios with hypothetical bipolar clients using tabletop role-playing gaming as the core activity. This is a high level overview, rather than a detailed activity analysis.
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Tabletop RPG Recreation Therapy Example Scenario - Visual Impairment
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by
Hawke Robinson
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published
Feb 25, 2013
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last modified
Apr 02, 2018 06:54 PM
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filed under:
therapeutic role-playing game,
TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury,
Disabilities,
therapeutic rpg,
research,
blog,
rpg for therapy,
Disability: Visual Impairment / Blind,
blog posting,
visual impairment / blind
This is an excerpt from the RPG Handbook of Practice book I have been working on. This section is for clients with significant to complete visual impairment due to traumatic brain injury to the occipital lobe. It can be extrapolated for the whole range of visual impairments. The client wants to participate in a non-therapy-setting leisure activity of tabletop role-playing gaming. The Recreation Therapist will need to evaluate and write up the potential challenges and modifications that may be necessary for the client to participate in this activity with as little difficulty as possible....
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Significant Progress on Paperwork for Pilot Research Study Using RPGs Within the Constraints of a University Setting
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by
Hawke Robinson
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published
May 09, 2018
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last modified
Jul 24, 2020 01:06 AM
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Discipline: Neuroscience,
Setting: Academic/Classroom: College/University,
Population: Adults,
Aspect: Memory,
RPG Format: Tabletop,
blog posting,
causal study(ies),
Function: Memory,
Potential RPG Research Question,
Effects of RPG,
RPG Research Goal,
research,
Function: Cognition,
News,
Goal: Intrinsic motivation for learning,
Aspect: Cognition,
RPG Research Project Updates,
RPG Research Project Roadmap / Goals,
Discipline: Cognitive Neuroscience,
hawke robinson,
Discipline: Education / Formal Classroom Setting,
rpg for education
Significant progress made today in the paperwork process for putting together the study on "Efficacy Assessment of Role-playing Games as an Instructional Technique within the Constraints of a University Academic Setting from the Neuropsychology Perspective"...
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RPG Research at Spocon 2013
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by
admin
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published
Aug 09, 2013
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last modified
Jun 22, 2015 04:03 AM
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filed under:
questionnaire,
research,
Spocon,
convention
Representatives from RPG Research will be at Spocon throughout the weekend in Spokane, Washington performing research, this August 9th through 11th.
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2015 - Empathic Features and Absorption in Fantasy Role-Playing
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by
Administrator
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published
May 29, 2016
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last modified
Jun 21, 2017 09:26 AM
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filed under:
archived article,
Full Text,
Others' research,
3 - Permission Granted for Public,
4 - Permission Denied for Public,
Effects of RPG,
1 - No Public Permission Yet,
correlative research,
2 - Pending Request For Public Permission,
Computer gaming/gamers tabletop RPG Dungeons & Dragons - D&D,
Discipline: Psychology,
Discipline: Hypnosis,
empathy,
Aspect: Empathy,
Peer Reviewed,
absorption,
Computer Gaming,
hypnosis,
research,
Material to read
Rivers A1, Wickramasekera IE 2nd2, Pekala RJ3, Rivers JA4. Am J Clin Hypn. 2016 Jan;58(3):286-94. doi: 10.1080/00029157.2015.1103696.
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Social Workers’ Perceptions of the Association Between Role Playing Games and Psychopathology
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by
Hawke Robinson
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published
Oct 04, 2017
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last modified
Aug 02, 2020 08:55 AM
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filed under:
Abstract Only,
Others' research,
1 - No Public Permission Yet,
Potential RPG Research Question,
research,
Peer Reviewed,
Discipline: Social Work,
stereotype propagation,
Stigma,
blog posting,
Material to read
Whereas role-playing and table-top role-play games (RPGs) have been proven to have potential as therapeutic tools, playing RPGs is often stereotypically associated with social incompetence and psychiatric disorders.
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1991 - RELATIONSHIP OF ROLE-PLAYING GAMES TO SELF-REPORTED CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR
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by
admin
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published
Jun 13, 2018
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filed under:
archived article,
Full Text,
Others' research,
Peer Reviewed: Unconfirmed,
Discipline: Psychology,
research,
stereotype(s) disproved,
Archive,
Material to read
SUZANNE ABYETA AND JAMES FOREST. University of Manitoba. Psychological Reports, 1991, 69, 1187-1192. O Psychological Reports 1991
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