Survey Questions
1. Do you play videogames?
- Yes
- No
2. How many hours a week do you spend playing videogames (on average) ?
0-5
6-10
11-20
21-30
30+
3a. Do you prefer playing games with realistic characters or cartoon styled characters?
- Realistic
- Cartoon
3b. Why do you prefer that style?
4a. Do you prefer to play characters that look similar to you?
- Yes
- No
4b. Why?
5a. Do you feel like there are enough characters that represent how real people look?
- Yes
- No
5b. Can you give any examples of games that do a good job of representing realistic body types?
5c. Can you give examples of games that do a bad job of representing realistic body types?
6. Do you compare your appearance to the characters you play in games?
- Yes
- No
7. Do you feel like your favourite characters have body types that are realistic and achievable for the average person?
- Yes
- No
8a. Who is your favourite character?
8b. Why?
9a. Do you see yourself in your favourite character?
- Yes
- No
- Somewhat
9b. Do you have a similar body type to your favourite character?
- Yes
- No
- Somewhat
10. Do you feel better or worse about yourself when comparing to your favourite game characters?
- Better
- Worse
- No difference
11. How much do the body types of characters affect you compared to other influences, e.g. celebrities, influencers, models?
- Game characters affect me more
- Game characters affect me less
- Game characters affect me the same
12. Have you ever struggled with self esteem or mental health based on your body image?
- Yes
- No
- Don't want to answer
13a. Do you think games have a responsibility to represent realistic people and body types?
- Yes
- No
13b. Why?
14. Any additional comments?