That really had little to do with chess.
You simply asked whether or not someone plays chess and their rating category and age. And then asked 100 general psychological questions. Also, the ratings categories stopped at 1600 and up. I would think that you would be interested in identifying the responses from people who are actually somewhat accomplished in chess-- at the 2000 level and above. Most of us players fall well below that level. We know that we are not really very good, yet we continue to play.
None of the questions had anything to do with playing chess or how it makes you feel about yourself or others. I was expecting questions about how you feel about winning and losing. Whether or not making a big mistake or losing chess games made you feel angry or depressed. Whether or not winning games because you made good moves or because of a big blunder by your opponent makes you feel equally happy or contented with yourself. How that post-game feeling is directed to others. Whether or not you feel like congratulating your opponent for playing a good game or feel actual hostility to the opponent.
And how these things affect your psychological well being over time as your rating rises and falls. Whether or not you believe your rating is about right for the amount of time and effort you have put into chess.
And you need to consider how much time people devote to playing chess. Some of the people here seem to be playing all day every day. Whether playing gives you energy or saps your energy.
HI. I'm a psych student working on my final dissertation on how playing chess affects empathy, metacognition, and psychological well-being (aka how nice u are, how deep u think, and how mentally cooked u are 😇).
I do apologize for the length of the form, I guess it would take you 7-9 minutes to get through it but I would really appreciate the contribution.
Its anonymous if you want it to be... thankyou already
https://forms.gle/nK2F2CDjjhtrx3Dx6