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Emotional wellbeing is at the heart of a fulfilling life, and at Goodville HQ, we’re committed to supporting yours every step of the way. Our mission goes beyond offering an engaging gaming experience—we strive to empower you with tools, insights, and research to help you achieve and maintain emotional balance.Through innovative interactive tests and advanced data analysis, we uncover meaningful insights that not only enhance your gaming journey but also contribute to modern psychological science. Together, we’re building a space where self-discovery and growth thrive—helping you better understand yourself and unlock your best self.
Oleg Skugarevsky
Marat Assanovich
Andrew Sokol
Mikhail Kaspartov

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.
Marat Assanovich
Andrew Sokol
Mikhail Kaspartov
Oleg Skugarevsky

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.
Oleg Skugarevsky
Marat Assanovich
Mikhail Kaspartov
Andrew Sokol

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...
Marat Assanovich
Alexey Skugarevsky
Mikhail Kaspartov
Andrew Sokol

User Engagement in Goodville Spatial Working Memory Task

Working memory(WM) is a crucial cognitive function that involves the preservation and active modification of information, and it goes beyond short-term memory...
Alexey Skugarevsky
Mikhail Kaspartov
Oleg Skugarevsky
Marat Assanovich

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...
Marat Assanovich
Oleg Skugarevsky
Andrew Sokol
Mikhail Kaspartov

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...
Andrew Sokol
Marat Assanovich
Oleg Skugarevsky
Mikhail Kaspartov

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...
Mikhail Kaspartov
Andrew Sokol
Oleg Skugarevsky
Marat Assanovich

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.
Marat Assanovich
Mikhail Kaspartov
Oleg Skugarevsky
Andrew Sokol

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...
Mikhail Kaspartov
Oleg Skugarevsky
Andrew Sokol
Marat Assanovich

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.
Andrew Sokol
Marat Assanovich
Mikhail Kaspartov
Oleg Skugarevsky

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?”
Andrew Sokol
Marat Assanovich
Mikhail Kaspartov
Oleg Skugarevsky

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.
Marat Assanovich
Andrew Sokol
Mikhail Kaspartov
Oleg Skugarevsky

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.
Mikhail Kaspartov
Andrew Sokol
Marat Assanovich
Oleg Skugarevsky

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.
Marat Assanovich
Oleg Skugarevsky
Mikhail Kaspartov
Andrew Sokol

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.
Oleg Skugarevsky
Andrew Sokol
Marat Assanovich
Mikhail Kaspartov

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...
Marat Assanovich
Oleg Skugarevsky
Mikhail Kaspartov
Andrew Sokol

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.
Tatyana Skugarevskaya
Andrew Sokol
Marat Assanovich
Mikhail Kaspartov

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.
Mikhail Kaspartov
Marat Assanovich
Andrew Sokol
Oleg Skugarevsky

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.
Oleg Skugarevsky
Andrew Sokol
Marat Assanovich
Mikhail Kaspartov

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.
Oleg Skugarevsky
Andrew Sokol
Marat Assanovich
Mikhail Kaspartov

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.
Andrew Sokol
Marat Assanovich
Oleg Radyuk
Oleg Skugarevsky

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.
Andrew Sokol
Marat Assanovich
Oleg Skugarevsky
Oleg Radyuk

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.
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