Substance Consumption, Personality, and Cognitive Functioning of Chess Players

Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcohol; Nicotine; Addiction; Depression; Drugs; Anxiety; Personality

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06346353

Chess Cognition SUD

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this project is to find out if there is a difference in addictive behavior, personality traits, and cognitive abilities between chess players and non-chess players.

Full description

In the present planned study, tournament chess players will be compared with non-tournament chess playing individuals by means of an online survey. Among other things, the investigators want to investigate whether these groups of persons differ in various characteristics such as their consumption behavior (alcohol, tobacco, and drug use), their personality, their depressiveness and mood, or their cognitive abilities. The background is the question whether playing chess could be protective against substance use disorders or could mitigate the manifestation.

Enrollment: 756 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all persons from the age of 18 years
• Inclusion in the group of chess players is based on the existence of a DWZ.
• Sufficient ability to answer the questionnaires

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

756 participants in 2 patient groups

Chess players

Description:

Chess players who play tournament chess and have a DWZ (deutsche Wertungszahl) and/or ELO rating

Non-chess players

Description:

Non-chess players or hobby chess players who do not have a DWZ or ELO rating