Goodville

Oleg Skugarevsky

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Author Articles

30.11.2023

Digital Therapy: The Impact of Goodville Game on Anxiety Reduction

The study investigates the effectiveness of the Goodville game in reducing anxiety levels among its players. Using data collected from April 2021 to September 2022, the study involved 1600 participants, predominantly female (88.5%), from the United States (71%) and the United Kingdom (29%), with ages ranging from 18 to 76 and an average age of 41.67 years.

16.11.2023

Psychometric Approaches for Analyzing Mobile Psychological Data: Which One is Best?

This article explores the application of psychometric methods in mental health assessments conducted through mobile applications. Its primary objective is to identify the most effective psychometric approach for processing mobile psychological data.

19.5.2023

Promoting Emotional Well-being through Gaming: The Effect of the Goodville Farm Game on Depression Symptoms

This article presents a comprehensive review on the influence of the Goodville farm game on depression symptoms, with the aim of evaluating mobile games as effective tools for...

16.2.2023

Self-Esteem and Arrogance: Walking on the thin Edge

Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence, two similar sounding features of human beings can affect and change our lives in a different way...

13.2.2023

Sleep quality assessment of Goodville users in the USA: Insights from a mobile-based study

Sleep quality has a significant impact on mental and emotional well-being, daily functioning, and productivity. Challenges such as stress, medical conditions, and irregular sleep patterns often result in poor sleep quality...

25.12.2022

Sleep habits of Goodville players from the US

An average person sleeps about one third of their lives, and good night's sleep makes a big impact on their productivity...

20.12.2022

Family and your Mental Health during Holidays!

December is National Stress-Free Family Holidays Month! That’s correct! For many stress-free family holidays sounds like something impossible. Additional stress of the holidays can feel overwhelming and that’s why it is important to plan your holiday activities smartly, during this unusually stressful time.

14.12.2022

Evaluating Validity of Mobile Psychological Data Using Rasch Fit Statistics

The increasing use of mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and wearable sensors has made them a valuable tool for collecting various types of psychological data...

2.11.2022

Anxiety Coping 101 for Today!

Everyone got anxious at least once. And this is a complete truth. Each one of us at least once have dealt with anxiety. Sometimes it can help us in dire situations, for example when we need to get away from a dangerous situation.

10.10.2022

Success in Life? EWB got you!

If you are looking for success in life at least once have you encountered question: “How do you handle stress and pressure?”

12.7.2022

Assessment of psycho-emotional well-being based on techniques integrated into Goodville

The phenomenon of well-being has long been an important theoretical and experimental issue in psychology, especially in recent years when the emotional state of the population has been tested in many different ways.

21.6.2022

Determining the significance of players' responses to questionnaire questions in Goodville

Goodville provides a number of techniques for assessing players' psychological aspects, levels of emotional well-being and cognitive skills. Data on psychological aspects of players is being collected remotely. Players provide answers to the questionnaires, then the data is processed and interpreted and the results are scientifically analysed.

20.4.2022

The phenomenon of psychosomatics

We received an inspiring message from our user Autumn Imbri Wodyn, who shared with us her story, which is full of both serious life obstacles and spectacular successes. Her difficult journey can also be approached from a psychosomatic perspective.

23.3.2022

Differences in severity of anxiety symptoms among players from different countries

Goodville players from different countries do have differences in severity of anxiety symptoms. We conducted a comparative study of player survey data from 43 countries.

14.3.2022

Prevalence of Depression Symptoms Among the US Population During COVID-19 (2021-2022): A Study with the Goodville App

Depression is a significant global contributor to disabilities, affecting individuals across various educational and socioeconomic levels...

3.3.2022

The severity of depressive symptoms among players in different countries

Do Goodville players from different countries differ in the severity of their depressive symptoms? To answer this question, we did a comparative study of the players' responses in 41 countries.

7.2.2022

Calibration and application of the Lusсher test when measuring the depression of users of a mobile gaming application

Testing the hypothesis about the ability of a short (eight-color) version of the Luscher test, presented as part of a game for mobile devices.

22.2.2022

Social Learning or Manipulation of Depression

"That’s the way it's always been done" is an Internet meme that is interesting mostly because it is presented as a purely scientific psychological experiment, which has been widely shared in Runet, both on sites dedicated exclusively to memes and on humorous ones.

12.11.2021

Development and testing of a mobile application for identifying individuals high risk for depression in the general population

Information Technology (IT) is a promising and quickly developing scientific and practical fileld. One of its traits is its ability to provide big numbers of people with everyday access.to information and tools.

9.11.2021

Goodville team R&D work in the context of mental health: in tune with the challenge of modernity

In modern psychiatry, we are talking not only about the treatment of signs of the disease, but also the highest quality restoration of a person in his social environment with a high level of functioning.

28.9.2021

Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWBI) as the instrument for evaluation of the level of emotional well-being

To evaluate the level of players’ emotional well-being in connection with other variables it is necessary at first to determine whether it is possible to use the set of questionnaire items as a psychodiagnostics method.

15.9.2021

Psychometric properties of a Psychological General Well-Being Index in the Goodville mobile app users

Mobile applications provide new opportunities to study different aspects of a person’s mental health. Emotional well-being is one of such aspects. The current study is the first attempt to assess the emotional well-being of mobile game users.

Олег Скугаревский

Профессор, доктор медицинских наук, заведующий кафедрой психиатрии и медицинской психологии Белорусского государственного медицинского университета, председатель Белорусской психиатрической ассоциации, официальный представитель Всемирной психиатрической ассоциации в Западной Европе

Области научных интересов:

Психическое здоровье женщин, расстройства пищевого поведения (нервная анорексия, нервная булимия, переедание); доклиническая феноменология психических и поведенческих расстройств; клинические и биологические взаимосвязи при психических и поведенческих расстройствах (нейропсихология, психоэндокринология); разработка методов эффективной терапии и реабилитации пациентов, страдающих психическими и поведенческими расстройствами; новые технологии в образовательном процессе.

Статьи автора

30.11.2023

16.11.2023

19.5.2023

16.2.2023

13.2.2023

25.12.2022

20.12.2022

14.12.2022

2.11.2022

10.10.2022

12.7.2022

21.6.2022

20.4.2022

23.3.2022

Различия в выраженности симптомов тревоги у игроков разных стран

Игроки Goodville из разных стран действительно различаются по выраженности симптомов тревоги. Нами выполнена сравнительная оценка результатов обследования игроков 43 стран.

14.3.2022

Симптомы депрессии у игроков Goodville

Имеются ли симптомы депрессии у игроков Goodville? С целью получения ответа на этот вопрос проведено исследование наличия и выраженности депрессивных симптомов у игроков.

3.3.2022

Выраженность депрессивных симптомов у игроков разных стран

Отличаются ли игроки Goodille из разных стран по выраженности депрессивных симптомов? С целью ответа на этот вопрос нами проведено сравнительное исследование ответов игроков 41 страны.

7.2.2022

Калибровка и применение теста Люшера при измерении депрессивности пользователей мобильного игрового приложения

Проверка гипотезы о способности краткой (восьмицветовой) версии теста Люшера, представленной в составе игры для мобильных устройств.

22.2.2022

Социальное научение или манипуляция депрессией

«Здесь так принято» — интернет-мем, интересный прежде всего тем, что преподносится, как сугубо научный психологический эксперимент, описание которого широко разошлось в Рунете, в том числе, как на сайтах, посвящённых исключительно мемам, так и на юмористических.

12.11.2021

Разработка и тестирование мобильного приложения для выявления лиц с высоким риском депрессии среди населения в целом

Информационные технологии (ИТ) - перспективная и быстро развивающаяся научно-практическая область. Одной из его особенностей является способность предоставлять большому количеству людей ежедневный доступ к информации и инструментам.

9.11.2021

Команда Goodville R&D работает в контексте психического здоровья: в соответствии с вызовом современности

В современной психиатрии речь идет не только о лечении признаков болезни, но и о высочайшем качестве восстановления человека в его социальной среде с высоким уровнем функционирования.

28.9.2021

Индекс общего психологического благополучия (PGWBI) как инструмент для оценки уровня эмоционального благополучия

Чтобы оценить уровень эмоционального благополучия игроков в связи с другими переменными, необходимо сначала определить, можно ли использовать набор пунктов анкеты в качестве метода психодиагностики.

15.9.2021

Психометрические свойства индекса общего психологического благополучия пользователей мобильного приложения Goodville

Мобильные приложения предоставляют новые возможности для оценки разных аспектов психического здоровья человека. Одним из таких аспектов является эмоциональное благополучие. В настоящем исследовании впервые проведена оценка эмоционального благополучия пользователей мобильной игры.