Video Games and Parenting

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Hi everyone,

My name is le, an undergraduate student from the Department of

psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. I am also the

proud mother of 8 year old boy with Asperger’s Syndrome.

I would like to invite you to participate in a research study that I

am conducting that will be focusing on increasing our understanding

of parents’ experiences raising adolescents on the autism spectrum who

are high functioning. Our particular focus is on the ways in which

parents experience their child's video game habits and behaviors.

Parent's have very different views of their children's video game

playing. Since many high functioning youth with Autism Spectrum

Disorders are very attracted to video games, we would like to learn

more about parent views and concerns about video games.

I am looking for parents of adolescents (ages 12-17) with a diagnosis

of Asperger’s or High Functioning Autism who play video games.

As a participant, you will be asked to fill out a questionnaire online

that will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. This document

will include questions about parent/ caregiver stress and self-

efficacy, your son or daughter’s video game playing and your views and

concerns towards video games.

The link to the study:

https://www.psychdata.com/s.asp?SID=139887

If you have any problems with the link, please go to www.psychdata.com

and enter the survey number 139887.

If you have any questions, please contact me at

le.Gallaghe001@... or you may contact my advisor, Alice S.

, Ph.D., at AliceS.@....

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