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A single-session tabletop role-playing game intervention does not produce significant between-group improvements in self-concept clarity or cognitive flexibility among emerging adults. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To evaluate whether multi-track scenario and chat-based tabletop role-playing game interventions enhance self-concept clarity and cognitive flexibility in emerging adults.

August 31, 2026Journal of Creativity in Mental Health

When Stories Shape the Self: Tabletop Role-Playing Games as a Pathway to Identity Clarity and Cognitive Flexibility in Emerging Adults

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MSMeilani Sandjaja LYLivia Yuliawati PWPutri Wardhani

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Controlled trial shows modality-specific cognitive and social gains without altering self-concept clarity in emerging adults, indicating single-session interventions cannot shift core identity.

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To evaluate whether multi-track scenario and chat-based tabletop role-playing game interventions enhance self-concept clarity and cognitive flexibility in emerging adults.
Conducted a non-randomized pretest–posttest controlled trial comparing multi-track scenario role-playing, chat-based role-playing, and an inactive control group.
Assessed changes in self-concept clarity, cognitive flexibility, decision-making collaboration, and social identity using parametric and nonparametric tests with reported effect sizes.
Cognitive flexibility increased significantly within the multi-track scenario group and the control group, whereas the chat-based group exhibited significant increases only in decision-making collaboration and social identity.
Self-concept clarity did not change significantly within or across any groups, and no statistically significant differences were observed between groups on any primary outcome measure.

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Sandjaja et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a954238f20e493292a7456d https://doi.org/10.1080/15401383.2026.2724380

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August 31, 2026Journal of Creativity in Mental Health

When Stories Shape the Self: Tabletop Role-Playing Games as a Pathway to Identity Clarity and Cognitive Flexibility in Emerging Adults

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Authors

MSMeilani Sandjaja LYLivia Yuliawati PWPutri Wardhani

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Overview

Controlled trial shows modality-specific cognitive and social gains without altering self-concept clarity in emerging adults, indicating single-session interventions cannot shift core identity.

Key Points

To evaluate whether multi-track scenario and chat-based tabletop role-playing game interventions enhance self-concept clarity and cognitive flexibility in emerging adults.
Conducted a non-randomized pretest–posttest controlled trial comparing multi-track scenario role-playing, chat-based role-playing, and an inactive control group.
Assessed changes in self-concept clarity, cognitive flexibility, decision-making collaboration, and social identity using parametric and nonparametric tests with reported effect sizes.
Cognitive flexibility increased significantly within the multi-track scenario group and the control group, whereas the chat-based group exhibited significant increases only in decision-making collaboration and social identity.
Self-concept clarity did not change significantly within or across any groups, and no statistically significant differences were observed between groups on any primary outcome measure.

Cite This Study

Sandjaja et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a954238f20e493292a7456d https://doi.org/10.1080/15401383.2026.2724380

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