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Simulator and VR sickness (SSQ)
Sixteen symptoms rated from none to severe, scored the standard way into nausea, oculomotor and disorientation.
Your answers stay in this browser tab unless you choose to share them anonymously.
About this questionnaire
The SSQ by Robert Kennedy and colleagues (1993) is the most widely used measure of the discomfort some people feel in flight and driving simulators, virtual reality headsets and video games. You rate how much each of 16 symptoms affects you right now.
It works best as a comparison: take it once before a session and again straight after, and look at the change.
Scoring: symptoms are rated 0–3. Each subscale adds up its seven symptoms (some count in two subscales) and multiplies the sum by a fixed weight: Nausea × 9.54, Oculomotor × 7.58, Disorientation × 13.92. Total Severity is the sum of the three raw sums × 3.74.
Before you start
For reflection, not diagnosis. This is a self-report questionnaire. It cannot diagnose any condition, and it is not a basis for hiring, admission or any other decision about a person.
Private by default. Everything runs in your browser. Your answers are not saved or sent anywhere unless you choose, before starting, to share them anonymously for site statistics.
Provided as is. A personal project, free and with no warranty. Not connected to any institution I work with.
Credit
Kennedy, R. S., Lane, N. E., Berbaum, K. S., & Lilienthal, M. G. (1993). Simulator Sickness Questionnaire: An enhanced method for quantifying simulator sickness. The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 3(3), 203–220. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327108ijap0303_3
A published research measure, used here non-commercially for education, with credit. No licence statement could be found.