Open-World Games’ Affordance of Cognitive Escapism, Relaxation, and Mental Well-Being Among Postgraduate Students: Mixed Methods Study
Ailin Anto, Arunima Basu, Rania Selim, Thomas Foscht, Andreas Benedikt Eisingerich, Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso, Yu-Ting Lin · 2024
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Ailin Anto and co-authors published this 2024 study on open-world video games and the well-being of postgraduate students. Sprawling games like the recent Zelda titles hand players freedom to roam. That freedom may offer mental escape, easing stress in a pressured group. Direct studies of this group and game type were scarce.
The team mixed methods: a survey of 609 players plus 32 deep interviews. Standard questionnaires measured escape, relaxation, and well-being. Interviews explored how play felt from the inside. The design links the sense of autonomy in wide game worlds to unwinding after study. Findings speak to whether game time, often dismissed as mere distraction, can serve as real recovery for graduate students.
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| CREATOR | Ailin Anto, Arunima Basu, Rania Selim, Thomas Foscht, Andreas Benedikt Eisingerich, Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso, Yu-Ting Lin |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 113 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |