Honorable Mention
Esports is a rapidly growing industry, generating interest from research disciplines including marketing, social sciences, and human-computer interaction. Despite its continued growth, there is a lack of studies surrounding the health of esports players. Previous workon the subject is limited, as research has only recently begun to explore the potential factors affecting physical and psychologicalwellness. Using an exploratory mixed-methods approach, a series of semi-structured interviews (n= 10) and an online survey (n= 68)were used to identify the biggest health concerns among esports players. The results demonstrate a better understanding of issuesregarding physical and psychological wellness according to the players. Moving forward, we suggest the HCI community adaptsmindfulness, ergonomics, and social-emotional learning as methods for supporting player’s health concerns.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445733
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (https://chi2021.acm.org/)