StressQuest
How to Take Part
How to Take Part
Before taking part in the study, you will need to read the information sheet which can be viewed and downloaded here.
For this study, you will complete a survey immediately before and after the next time you play a digital game after work. To remind you to do this, we will send you daily notifications on your smartphone for one-week using an app called Samply. We'll send you two notifications per day at the start and end of a two-hour time slot (e.g., at 6pm and 8pm). You can select which two-hour timeslot you receive these notifications and should do so based on when you think it is most likely you will play a game after work.
Simply click on the link below which corresponds to your preferred timeslot and follow the instructions to register with the study on Samply. You'll notice that a QR code is provided for you to scan to join the study. Don't worry if you are already using your phone (so can't scan the QR code), you can click the button underneath the QR code which says 'Open the study in the app' instead.
8pm - 10pm: https://samply.uni-konstanz.de/studies/qcbtdcul
10pm - 12am: https://samply.uni-konstanz.de/studies/mygfioee
12am - 2am: https://samply.uni-konstanz.de/studies/meapcjfw
8am - 10am: https://samply.uni-konstanz.de/studies/eqbfgamm
10am - 12pm: https://samply.uni-konstanz.de/studies/mivmfyqn
12pm - 2pm: https://samply.uni-konstanz.de/studies/iunffpfa
Once you're registered on Samply, you should receive the daily reminder notification on your smartphone. Clicking on this link should take you directly to the survey which you will need to complete. You can also find the link to the survey here: https://qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_3V0r0q3trII4qY6.
You will be asked at the start of the survey whether or not you are happy to accept cookies being stored. We would recommend that you do accept cookies, you will be able to pick up the survey where you left off in case it closes for any reasons (e.g., while playing your game).
The survey is split into two parts. You should complete Part 1 immediately before you begin your next after work gaming session. You should then leave the survey open while you complete your gaming session (which can last as long as you want). After you've finished the session, you should complete Part 2 of the survey.
You should only complete the survey once in total (e.g., you should not complete it multiple times within a week or on consecutive weeks). Any additional responses will be detected and will not earn additional entries into the prize draw. You will continue to receive notifications from Samply up to a week after signing up even if you have finished the study, but you should not complete tbhe survey again. If you would like to cancel the notifications once you have completed the survey, go to the study within the Samply app and click 'Leave the study'.
If you know anybody who would be interested in contributing to this study, please send them the link to the webpage: https://bit.ly/stressQuest. You will also be provided with a referral code at the end of the survey. You should share this code with anyone you invite to the study. You will gain two extra entries into the voucher prize draw if this person enters your referral code at the end of the survey (and if you've been referred by someone, make sure to enter their code).
Every participant who completes the study will be given a copy of 'The Playful Pause'. This is a guide which provides evidence-based recommendations on how to use videogames to effectively unwind from work, drawn from studies conducted in our research group at University College London.