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Relationship of role-playing games to self-reported criminal behaviour. by Hawke, last updated: Jan 05, 2010 10:19 PM: Abyeta, Suzanne and Forest, James (1991, December). Gamers are lower in criminal tendencies than rest of population.

Dungeons & Dragons by Hawke, last updated: Jan 05, 2010 10:11 PM: D&D was the first commercially known paper and dice RPG. It evolved from earlier modifications based on war gaming. It is generally a fantasy based settings with humans, humanoids, fantastical creatures of myth and legend such as elves and dragons, and includes combat and magic rules and situations. D&D has been the main focal point of anti-RPG campaigns since the 1980s by various groups. It has however become the largest single role playing gaming product series. The owners of the product have changed hands many times, and D&D is now owned by Hasbro Inc. via the "Wizards of the Coast" division......

MMORPG by Hawke, last updated: Jan 05, 2010 10:11 PM: Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game

LARP by Hawke, last updated: Jan 05, 2010 10:11 PM: Live Action Role Playing

Roleplay by Hawke, last updated: Jan 05, 2010 10:03 PM: To assume or act out a particular role.

Glossary Definitions by Hawke, last updated: Jan 05, 2010 09:59 PM: Glossary of terms.

Some minor updates to the About page. Community Participation hoped for as well. To make this a central hub of therapeutic RPG Research. by Hawke, last updated: Jan 05, 2010 09:35 PM: I just corrected some typographical and grammatical errors on the About page. Additionally added a new section for community participation. And changed the subtitle of the section "Foundational Approach" to "Foundational Holistic Approach". On the "Community Participation" it is hoped that others out there working on, or hoping to engage in work on RPG research related to therapeutic endeavors will consider at least posting links and information about their projects, results, etc. even better would be getting people to actually post their research and information on this site, helping to make it a central hub for therapeutic RPG research. If anyone knows of other sites or projects (that might not actually have a web presences), please let me know, or let them know, and I will gladly add information. I hope to keep a running list of all research on the topics kept up to date on this website. As I have done with many other community website, I also hope over time others will step up to help with maintanance and postings news, links, and other information to breath life into this website. My experience is that such specialized sites take years to gain momentum, but that perseverance does pay off. Cheers! -Hawke

Some minor updates to the About page. Community Participation hoped for as well. To make this a central hub of therapeutic RPG Research. by Hawke, last updated: Jan 05, 2010 09:35 PM

About by Hawke, last updated: Jan 05, 2010 09:30 PM: The RPG Research website supports the Role Playing Gaming Research Project. The RPG Research Project is a study on the therapeutic aspects of role playing gaming. The project will use a series of multi-stage, small & large scale, short & long term, and multi-variable studies with many different populations using various formats of role playing gaming (tabletop, computer-based, MMORPG, live-action, etc.). The purpose is to determine the causal characteristics of role playing gaming on participants, rather than relying only on correlative data as most other studies on the subject have done in the past. The first stages of this project began in 1985, with an active revival in 2004 through interaction with various universities and organizations. The project has been incrementally progressing each year since.

Throwing out a salad of ideas, attempting to bring some order eventually... by Hawke, last updated: Nov 23, 2009 06:52 AM

Re: Throwing out a salad of ideas, attempting to bring some order eventually... by Hawke, last updated: Nov 23, 2009 06:52 AM: How about an even simpler study, bias about RPGing, and RPGers. Simple test. Have you heard of Role Playing Games? What kind, Computer, Paper & Dice (D&D), or Live Action, or Other? Even know the difference? If you were asked to join an RPG, how would you feel about it? (positive-negative scale) What do you generally think of RPGers' social skills? (positive-negative scale) Intellect? Work success? Academic abilities? etc. This would be much simpler to implement early on.

Re: Throwing out a salad of ideas, attempting to bring some order eventually... by Hawke, last updated: Nov 23, 2009 12:24 AM: How about a plain old comparative study between different RPG gamer types? Lets compare IQ, Mood, and Personality test resutls between: * Paper & Dice only/mostly RPGers * Online/MMORPG only/mostly RPGers * Wargamers * None of the above (control group) See if any interesting correlations appear based on MMPI, Beck, and IQ tests. Also include some sort of TR-related and/or physical activity tests, and include BMI and height/weight/age information (to compare to NorthWest test).Could do all this through EWU as sample group to start out. This should be pretty simple and straight forward, and get some momentum and connectiong going. Can we use the MMPI, Beck, and IQ tests if through EWU without cost? Or does this incur fees to use those tests? Later this test could be performed on a larger scale, but starting it at EWU would be a good start.

Schizophrenics and role-playing 1980 by Hawke, last updated: Nov 04, 2009 07:01 AM: Johnson,David R (1980): Fluid and rigid boundaries of paranoid and nonparanoid schizophrenics on a role-playing task. Journal of Personality Assessment 44, 5.

Long list of research projects by Hawke, last updated: Nov 04, 2009 07:01 AM: This is the long list of research projects. It will over time be superseded by the more categorized, organized, and detailed pages created later on based on this list. This is to provide a starting reference point, but this page will eventually be phased out for the other detailed pages and commentary notes.

An article on ethical role playing gaming - 1988 by Hawke, last updated: Nov 04, 2009 07:01 AM: Carden, Janet (1988, Fall). Guidelines for RPG play. Familiar, page 18. An article on ethical playing. 1 page.

Adventuring with shaky hands - 1982 by Hawke, last updated: Nov 04, 2009 07:01 AM: Sampson, Judith (1982, September). Adventuring with shaky hands. Dragon, #53, page unstated. Playing RPG despite cerebal palsy. 1 page.

Fantasy in psychiatric patients; exploring a myth - 1979 by Hawke, last updated: Nov 04, 2009 07:01 AM: Starker, Steven. “.” Hospital & Community Psychiatry, 30.1 (1979): 25-30. TODO: Far from getting lost in fantasies, psychiatric patients generally suffer from too little fantasy. 6 pages. (1979, January)

RPG as auxiliary in psychotherapy - 1994 by Hawke, last updated: Nov 04, 2009 07:01 AM: Diniz, Omar (1994, May). . CAR-PGa Newsletter, page 1. How RPG can be used in therapy. 1 page.

Alienation and the game dungeons and dragons. - 1990 by Hawke, last updated: Nov 04, 2009 07:01 AM: DeRenard, Lisa A. & Kline, Linda Mannik (1990). Alienation and the Game Dungeons & Dragons. Psychological Reports, 66, 1219-1222. This study examined differences in feelings of alienation between 35 active players and 35 nonplayers.

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