NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK

SW4103 – ADVANCED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
2022-23

Sample Pre & Post Test Questionnaire

INSTRUCTION

The purpose of this questionnaire is to help teachers, school counsellors,

psychologists, and social workers understand young people better, so that they
could more effectively plan lessons and services for young people. To do this, we
need your help to provide some information about you.
This questionnaire is confidential and will NOT be read by anyone
connected with your school or by your parents.
All analysis is carried out at the Department of Social Work, National
University of Singapore.

Therefore,

(1) Please answer all questions HONESTLY

(2) Do NOT write your name on any page
(3) With most of them you are asked to CIRCLE or TICK ONE
ANSWER.
(4) When your desired answers are not listed, please fill them in
the “Others” column, and specify what they are.

1 Are you male or female?

0 = Male 1 = Female

2. Which secondary school year are you in?

0 = Secondary 1 1 = Secondary 2 2 = Secondary 3 3 = Secondary 4

3. Which course are you in?

0 = Normal Technical 1 = Normal Academic 2 = Express

4. What is your ethnicity/race?

0 = Chinese 1 = Malay
2 = Indian 3 = Others, please specify ___________

5. Where do you live? Please choose the nearest answer

0 = HDB 1-2 room
 1 = HDB 3 room
2 = HDB 4 room
3 = HDB 5 room or Executive
4 = Private properties (e.g. private condo, landed property)
5 = Others, please specify _________________________________

6. Did you participate in the workshop “Healthy Habits of Playing Video-

Games” held in your school on 3 Oct 2022?
0 = No
1 = Yes

Internet / Digital Games Use

The following statements look at your video-gaming experience and your views
about video-gaming:
Strongly Strongly
disagree agree

1. My schoolwork has suffered 1 2 3 4 5 6

because I spend too much time
playing computer/videogames.

2. When I am not playing 1 2 3 4 5 6

computer/videogames I feel
restless or irritable

3. I neglect important things like my

studies or my co-curricular 1 2 3 4 5 6
activities (CCA ) because of
computer/videogames

4. I fail to get enough sleep because 1 2 3 4 5 6

of playing computer/videogames

5. I have told lies to family and 1 2 3 4 5 6

friends about how much I play

6. I find that I need to spend more

and more time on 1 2 3 4 5 6
computer/videogames in order to
feel good

7. I find that I need to spend more

and more money on 1 2 3 4 5 6
computer/videogames in order to
feel good

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8. I play computer/videogames to
escape from problems or stress 1 2 3 4 5 6

9. I find that I am thinking of

computer/videogames all the 1 2 3 4 5 6
time, how and when to play

10. I have committed illegal acts like

stealing in order to play 1 2 3 4 5 6
computer/videogames