Dear Participants,
 

We kindly ask you to take part in our survey: 

Internet Gaming Disorder and Its Psychological Correlates

This research examines how online video games are affected by psychological factors and how they affect individuals. It focuses on different constructs such as attachment style, mentalization, personal traits and psychological distress.

Please complete the survey in full; only then can we include your data in our analysis. Every answer is valuable! Please note that we are solely interested in your experiences and perspectives. There are no right or wrong answers.

Participation in this questionnaire is voluntary, takes about 15 minutes, and can be terminated at any time.

Study Director:
 Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Christiane Eichenberg,


SFU Vienna (Freudplatz 1, 1020 Vienna)

Thank you for your time and support!

The Research Team

Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Christiane Eichenberg,

M.A. Clinical Psychologist İlayda Özgönül   

Data Protection

Purpose

Your personal data will be processed for the study mentioned here. If you have not objected to this, your personal data may also be processed for additional scientific research and teaching purposes. 

Procedure

In scientific studies, personal data about the participant is collected. The storage, evaluation, and disclosure of these study-related data comply with legal regulations and require your voluntary participation.

Data collected via SoSci Survey for this study are recorded on electronic storage media and processed further without information that would allow any conclusions about your identity. By default, SoSci Survey does not store additional information such as location data, IP address, or device type.

Your information will be securely pseudonymized and stored so that no inferences can be made about your identity.

In the event that the study is published, the data collected will, of course, only be presented in such a way that no conclusions about specific individuals can be drawn.

The duration of data retention is determined by legal requirements (GDPR, Austrian Data Protection Act [DSG], and the Austrian Research Organization Act [FOG]). 

Recipients

Authorized individuals bound by confidentiality, who are accountable to the controller, will have access to the data and will process them as necessary for the project.

The data will not be passed on to any (external) third parties. 

If, in the future, your personal data are processed for research projects carried out in cooperation with other scientific institutions within the meaning of §2(12) FOG, these institutions will become recipients. They are also subject to strict data protection obligations, compliance with which is monitored by SFU. 

Legal Basis for Processing

Controller


Your data are collected for research projects conducted by Sigmund Freud Private University, Freudplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, as the responsible data controller.

Personal data are processed on the basis of consent and the overriding legitimate interest of SFU (Art. 6(1)(f) and Art. 9(2)(j) GDPR).

From the point of pseudonymization onward, personal data are processed on the basis of §7(1)(3) DSG, §24(2)(1) and §24(5) FOG.

General legal foundations for processing personal data in scientific research are found in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG), and the Austrian Research Organization Act (FOG), in their current versions.

Your Rights

You generally have the rights to access and rectification with regard to your personal data. You can exercise these rights by contacting the data controller.

In the context of research, these rights can (in part) be limited if fulfilling them would likely make the achievement of scientific research purposes impossible or seriously impair them in accordance with Art. 89(1) GDPR.

From the point of pseudonymization onward (once it is no longer legally possible for the researcher to identify you), these rights no longer apply.

If you believe that data processing violates applicable data protection law or that your data protection rights have otherwise been infringed, you can file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. In Austria, this is the Austrian Data Protection Authority. 

Appendix: Definitions

“Personal Data” 

According to Art. 4(1) GDPR, these are any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (the “data subject”). An identifiable person is one who can be identified directly or indirectly, especially by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

“Special Categories of Personal Data”


According to Art. 9(1) GDPR, these include data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, as well as the processing of genetic data, biometric data for the unique identification of a natural person, health data, or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation. 

 “Pseudonymization” 

This is the processing of personal data in such a way that the data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures ensuring that the personal data cannot be assigned to an identified or identifiable natural person.