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Psychopathology in Chess: Research Study

Very interesting!! Thank you for sharing :)

Is this available online somewhere (in a preprint server, like medrxiv.org, or maybe in a journal/conference) in pdf format? I would like to share it, but I would rather share a DOI / link to preprint than a lichess blog post, and I can't find the source anywhere.

Very interesting!! Thank you for sharing :) Is this available online somewhere (in a preprint server, like medrxiv.org, or maybe in a journal/conference) in pdf format? I would like to share it, but I would rather share a DOI / link to preprint than a lichess blog post, and I can't find the source anywhere.

I think the first sentences make the study a little bit obselete, because erveryone has SELFDIAGNOSED issues, in a day and age where everyone selfdiagnoses with random things to shift responsibillity away form themselves....

I think the first sentences make the study a little bit obselete, because erveryone has SELFDIAGNOSED issues, in a day and age where everyone selfdiagnoses with random things to shift responsibillity away form themselves....

18 people is unfortunately not enough of a sample group size to indicate any real findings. I'd like to see something like this on a larger scale. Very interesting idea nonetheless.

18 people is unfortunately not enough of a sample group size to indicate any real findings. I'd like to see something like this on a larger scale. Very interesting idea nonetheless.

@Rpunkt_Dpunkt Self-reported diagnoses are generally accepted in research. See conclusions section here: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9883736/#:~:text=Self%2Dreported%20diagnoses%20correspond%20well,depression%20and%20generalized%20anxiety%20disorder.

You're definitely bringing up a good point, though - It would be ideal to get evidence of a clinical diagnosis from all participants, but is difficult to do in a study like this.

@Rpunkt_Dpunkt Self-reported diagnoses are generally accepted in research. See conclusions section here: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9883736/#:~:text=Self%2Dreported%20diagnoses%20correspond%20well,depression%20and%20generalized%20anxiety%20disorder. You're definitely bringing up a good point, though - It would be ideal to get evidence of a clinical diagnosis from all participants, but is difficult to do in a study like this.

@jacobp123456 Totally - I'm brainstorming ways to do another study at a large tournament!

@jacobp123456 Totally - I'm brainstorming ways to do another study at a large tournament!

@miseryisabutterfly Great idea. What about identifying the chess hubs around the world? I know St. Louis in the US as well as NYC. Also, another suggestion, you could provide a link to a survey to some of the more prominent chess clubs--they may share it with their members.

@miseryisabutterfly Great idea. What about identifying the chess hubs around the world? I know St. Louis in the US as well as NYC. Also, another suggestion, you could provide a link to a survey to some of the more prominent chess clubs--they may share it with their members.