Curated Search Terms List

This page provides a curated list of commonly, or suggested, search terms to use for finding relevant content.

= **Role-Playing Game Research Sorted by Professional Discipline or Knowledge Domain** =

We are still working on tagging the vast database of content, so these lists are far from complete, but we're working on it as quickly as possible. Please consider joining as a volunteer to help speed up this process. Many disciplines included, based on article tags.

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* [[Educator>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/resolveuid/62e344db9e6a41fbaf28d992db1c067c]]

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* [[Cognitive Neuropsychology>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/documents/primary/list/sorted-by-discipline/cognitive-neuropsychology]]

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* [[Healthcare professional>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/resolveuid/3837a0410fd443fdbd58a9e74e613531]]

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* [[Therapeutic Recreation / Recreation Therapy>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/documents/primary/list/sorted-by-discipline/tr-rt]]

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* [[Psychology>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/documents/primary/list/sorted-by-discipline/psychology]]

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* [[Psychiatry>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/documents/primary/list/sorted-by-discipline/psychiatry]]

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* [[Sociology>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/documents/primary/list/sorted-by-discipline/sociology]]

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* [[Neurosciences>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/documents/primary/list/sorted-by-discipline/neuroscience]] (imaging, feedback, EEG, black-box reverse engineering, etc.)

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* [[Recreation / Leisure Professionals>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/documents/primary/list/sorted-by-discipline/recreation-professionals]]

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* [[Therapeutic Recreation / Recreational Therapy>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/documents/primary/list/sorted-by-discipline/recreational-therapy]]

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* [[Business professionals / Executives>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/documents/primary/list/sorted-by-discipline/business-professionals]]

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* [[Legal professionals>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/documents/primary/list/sorted-by-discipline/legal-professionals]]

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* [[Marketing / public relations professionals>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/documents/primary/list/sorted-by-discipline/marketing-professionals]]

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* [[Entertainment professionals>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/documents/primary/list/sorted-by-discipline/entertaniment-professionals]]

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* [[Laypersons>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/documents/primary/list/sorted-by-discipline/laypersons]]

* Others

= **Role-Playing Game [[Research Archives Sorted by Population or Diagnosis>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/resolveuid/915bd5eae38f4f18a8010681ab569bb1]]** =

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Populations include, but are not limited to:

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* [[Accessibility>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=accessibility]]

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* [[Autism Spectrum>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Autism+Spectrum]] ([[ASD>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=ASD]], [[PDD>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=PDD]], [[Asperger's>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Asperger%27s]], etc.)

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* [[ADHD>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=ADHD]]

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* Agoraphobia

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* Anxiety

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* [[Aphantasia>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Aphantasia]]

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* [[Aphasia>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Aphasia]]

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* [[At-risk Youth>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=At-risk+youth]]

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* [[Brain Injury Recovery>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Brain+injury+recovery]] ([[stroke>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=stroke]], [[TBI>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=TBI]], etc.)

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* [[Cerebral Palsy>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Cerebral+Palsy]]

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* [[Deaf >>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Deaf]]& [[Hard of Hearing>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Hard+of+Hearing]]

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* [[Developmental Delays>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Hard+of+Hearing]]

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* [[Developmental Impairments>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Hard+of+Hearing]]

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* [[Gifted>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Gifted]] & [[Talented>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=talented]]

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* [[Hearing Impairment>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Hearing+Impairment]]

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* [[Incarcerate Adults>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Incarcerate+adults]] ([[prison>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=prison]] / [[jail>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=jail]])

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* [[Incarcerated Youth>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Incarcerated+youth]] ([[prison>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=prison]] / [[juvenile detention>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=juvenile+detention]] / [[jail>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=jail]])

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* [[In-patient Adults>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=In-patient+adults]]

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* [[In-patient Youth>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=In-patient+youth]]

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* [[In-patient to out-patient>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=In-patient+to+out-patient]] [[substance dependency rehabilitation transition>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=substance+dependency+rehabilitation+transition]]

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* [[Muscular Dystrophy>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Muscular+Dystrophy]] (MD)

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* Panic Disorder

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* [[Social Skills Development>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Social+skills+development]]

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* [[Social & Agoraphobia>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Social+%26+agoraphobia]]

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* [[Vision Impairment>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Vision+Impairment]]

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== Role-Playing Game Research Studies Sorted by Research Study Type ==

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* Correlative, correlational research

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* Meta-analysis research

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* Case studies

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* Causal research

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* Controlled research

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* Experimental research

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* Non-experimental research

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* Quasi-experimental research

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* Clinical, evidence-in-practice

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* Peer-reviewed

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* Longitudinal

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* Cross-sectional, Synchronous research

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* Cohort

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* Non-peer-reviewed

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* Theoretical research

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* Applied research

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* Exploratory research

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* Qualitative

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* Quantitative

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* Descriptive research

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* Explanatory research

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* Deductive investigation

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* Inductive research

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* Hypothetical-Deductive research

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* Primary research

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* Secondary research

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* Documentary (cabinet)

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* Field research

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* Laboratory research

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* Literature review

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* Mixed-method: Documentary, field, and/or laborator

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== **Queue of RPG Research Questions** ==

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Here is a list of research questions The RPG Research Project would like to be able to answer: [[http:~~/~~/www.rpgresearch.com/about/list-of-research-questions/>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/about/list-of-research-questions/]]

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== **Role-Playing Game Research Sorted by Effects / Potential Benefits/Deficits / Targeted Goals / Topics** ==

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Related to the above list of research questions, here is relevant information gathered so far, if you are looking for information targeting specific benefits/goals, many areas of benefit are often realized through the intentional utilization of music and role-playing games, some of the most common benefits include:

=== Social ===

* [[Anger Management>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Anger+management]]

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* [[Appropriate Behavior>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Appropriate+behavior]]

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* [[Appropriate Verbal Interaction>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Appropriate+verbal+interaction]]

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* [[Communication>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Communication]]

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* [[Cooperation with diverse people>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Cooperation+with+diverse+people]]/[[cultures>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Cooperation+with+diverse+cultures]]/[[backgrounds>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Cooperation+with+diverse+backgrounds]]

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* [[Cooperative Problem Solving>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Cooperative+problem+solving]]

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* [[Delayed Gratification>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Delayed+gratification]]

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* [[Effective>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Effective+interaction+methodologies]] / [[Assertive>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Assertive+interaction+methodologies]] ([[not aggressive>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=non+aggressive+interaction+methodologies]]) [[interaction methodologies>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=interaction+methodologies]]

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* [[Empathy>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=empathy]]

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* [[Exposure to other cultures>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Exposure+to+other+cultures]], [[religions>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Exposure+to+other+religions]], [[histories>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Exposure+to+other+histories]], [[belief systems>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Exposure+to+other+belief+systems]], etc.

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* [[Frustration recognition>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Frustration+recognition]] and [[management>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Frustration+management]]

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* Hostility decreases from cooperation

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* Hostility increases from competition

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* [[Impulse control>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Impulse+control]]

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* [[Languages>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Languages]]/[[Linguistics>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Linguistics]]

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* [[Leadership>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Leadership]]

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* [[Learning>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Learning+the+rules]]/[[following the rules>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=following+the+rules]] but also “[[thinking outside of the box>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=thinking+outside+of+the+box]] when needed”

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* [[Multicultural mythologies>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Multicultural+mythologies]]

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* [[Walking in others shoes>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Walking+in+others+shoes]]/experiences

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* [[alignment>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=alignment]]

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* Anger management

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* Appropriate behavior

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* Appropriate verbal interaction

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* Communication skills

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* Cooperation with diverse people/cultures/backgrounds

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* Cooperative problem solving

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* Delayed gratification

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* Effective / Assertive (not aggressive) interaction methodologies

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* Effective communication techniques

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* [[Empathy>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/documents/primary/list/sorted-by-aspect/sorted-by-aspect-empathy]]

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* [[Ethics>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=ethics]]

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* Exposure to other cultures, religions, histories, belief systems, etc.

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* Frustration recognition and management

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* Group communication

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* Group formation

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* Hostility decreases from cooperation

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* Hostility increases from competition

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* Impulse control

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* Interaction patterns

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* Languages/Linguistics

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* Leadership

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* Learning/following the rules but also “thinking outside of the box when needed”

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* [[Morality>>url:http://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=moral]]

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* Multicultural mythologies

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* Small group dynamics

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* Walking in others shoes/experiences

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=== Creative ===

* [[Artwork >>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Artwork]]([[drawing>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=drawing]], [[painting lead figures>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=painting+lead+figures]], etc.)

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* [[Improvisation>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Improvisation]]

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* [[Music>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Music]]

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* [[Poetry>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Poetry]]

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* [[Reading/writing>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Reading%2Fwriting]] ([[creative>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=creative+writing]])

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* [[Theatrics>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Theatrics]]/[[acting>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=acting]]

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* Artwork (drawing, painting lead figures, etc.)

* Improvisation

* Music

* Poetry

* Reading/writing (creative)

* Theatrics/acting

=== Intellectual, Cognitive, Neuroscience ===

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* [[Architecture>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Architecture]]

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* [[Astronomy>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Astronomy]]

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* [[Cartography>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Cartography]]

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* [[Causality>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Causality]]

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* [[Demographics>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Demographics]]

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* [[Ecology>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Ecology]]

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* [[Economics>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Economics]]

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* Explanatory Styles

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* [[Geography>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Geography]]

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* [[Geology>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Geology]]

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* [[Government systems>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Government+systems]]

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* [[History>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=History]]

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* [[Language(s)>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=language]] ([[primary>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=primary+language]], [[secondary>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=secondary+language]])

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* [[Mathematics>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Mathematics]]

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* [[Memory>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Memory]]

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* [[Metallurgy>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Metallurgy]]

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* [[Meteorology>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Meteorology]]

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* [[Physics>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Meteorology]]

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* [[Politics>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Politics]]

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* [[Problem solving>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Problem+solving]] (e.g. [[puzzles>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=puzzles]], [[riddles>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=riddles]], [[mazes>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=mazes]], etc.)

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* [[Reading/writing>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Reading%2Fwriting]] ([[technical>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=technical+writing]])

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* [[Researching>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Researching]]

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* [[Short>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Short+term+planning]] and [[long term planning>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=long+term+planning]]

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* [[Statistics>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Statistics]]

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* [[Technologies >>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Technology]][[past >>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Past+technology]]and [[present>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Present+technology]]

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* [[Warfare tactics>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Warfare+tactics]] and [[strategies>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Warfare+strategies]]

=== Optimizing the RPG Experience ===

* Immersion

* Flow State

* Maximizing Flow State

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* Game Master Variables

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* Adventure / Campaign Variables

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* Player Variables

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* Environment Variables

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* Game Variables (system, printing, components, etc.)

* Group variables

* Session variables

* Media variables

* Play style

* Duration

* Frequency

* Group size

=== APIE ===

* Assessment

* Baseline

* Documentation

* Evaluation

* Intake

* Planning / Design

* Reassessment

* Tools

==== Assessment Tools ====

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* Beck Depression Inventory

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* Brief Cognitive Rating Scale (BCRS)

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* Children's Depression Inventory

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* Cognitive Age / Functioning Assessments for Best Game System Complexity Match or Adaptations

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* Cooperation and Trust Scale (CAT)

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* Demographics Information

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* Emotional age / functioning assessment to gauge "safety" of certain story types / tropes/ circumstances

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* Flow state scales

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* FOX - Activity Therapy Skills Baseline

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* Functional Independence Measure (FIM)

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* Gaming Experience Assessment

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* Game System Complexity Assessment

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* Genre Interest Assessment

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* Global Assessment of Functioning scale (GAF)

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* Immersion scales

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* Leisure Attitude Measurement (LAM)

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* Leisure Diagnostic Battery

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* Leisure Interest Measure (LIM)

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* Leisure/Recreation Interest Assessment Tools

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* Leisure Satisfaction Measure (LSM)

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* Play Style Assessment

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* Rancho Los Amigos Scale

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* Range of Motion (ROM)

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* Perceived Locus of Control

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* Sedation Scale

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* Visual Disability Rating Levels Scale

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* Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale

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Book full of example Recreation & Leisure Tools: [[Assessment Tools for Recreational Therapy and Related Fields, 4th Edition>>url:https://smile.amazon.com/Assessment-Recreational-Therapy-Related-Fields/dp/1882883721]] by joan burlingame and Thomas M. Blaschko.

=== RPG Specific Topics ===

* Bleed

* Game Systems

* Randomization, dice, probability curves

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* Player Style

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* Game Master GM / Dungeon Master DM Style

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* Old school RPGs

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* Evil player characters in RPGs

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* Romance or sex in RPGs

* Sandbox

* Railroad

* Social contract

* Gaming Code of conduct

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* RPG accessories

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* Electronic technologies with tabletop RPGs

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* Character archetypes

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* Player archetypes

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* Game master archetypes

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* Game facilities inspection and checklists

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* Game preparation checklists

=== By General Topics ===

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* [[Abuse>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=abuse]]

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* Accessibility

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* [[Addiction>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=addiction]]

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* [[ADHD>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=adhd]]

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* [[ASD>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=asd]] / [[PDD>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=PDD]] (Autism, Perceptive, etc.)

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* Aging

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* [[Agoraphobia>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=agoraphobia]]

* Alienation

* Alzheimer

* Anger

* Anxiety

* Archetypes

* [[Autism>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=autism]]

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* [[Behavior>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=behavior]]

* Bias

* Bipolar Disorder

* Bullying

* Camaraderie

* Children

* Cognitive

* [[Criminal>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=criminal]] / criminality

* Compassion

* Competence

* Confidence

* [[Deaf>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=deaf]] / Hard of Hearing

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* Death & Dying

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* [[Dementia>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=dementia]]

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* [[Depression>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Depression]]

* Design

* Disability

* Disasters

* Eating Disorders

* [[Education>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=education]]

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* Efficacy

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* [[Emotional Health>>url:http://emotional%20health/]]

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* [[Empathy>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=empathy]]

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* Environment

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* [[Ethics>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=ethics]]

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* Friendship

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* [[Flow>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=flow]] / Flow-state

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* Gender, sexual, identity

* Hate Crimes

* Health

* Health Disparities

* Human Rights

* Immersion

* Immigration

* Intelligence

* Law

* [[Learning>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=learning]] & [[Memory>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Memory]]

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* [[Locus>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=+Locus]] of Control

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* Marriage / Divorce

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* Meaning / [[Meaninglessness>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=Meaninglessness]]

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* [[Mental Health>>url:https://www2.rpgresearch.com/@@search?SearchableText=mental+health]]

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* Military

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* Money