Preventing substance abuse and relationship violence: Proof-of-concept evaluation of a social, multi-user, tablet-based game

Elias-Lambert, Nada; Boyas, Javier F.; Black, Beverly M.; Schoech, Richard

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.04.007

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“…Digital health technology has also been linked with increased AYA self-efficacy. For example, college-aged youth have found games for health to be more engaging than traditional didactic lessons because they feel the locus of control lies with them [68,74]. In a randomized evaluation of a digital game with interactive narratives and virtual avatars about risky sexual behavior for young men who have sex with men, initial results were promising for increased self-efficacy and prediction of reduced future risky sexual behavior [30].…”

Section: Cognitive Affordancementioning

confidence: 99%

Digital Health Technology to Enhance Adolescent and Young Adult Clinical Preventive Services: Affordances and Challenges

Wong

Madanay²,

Ozer

et al. 2020

Journal of Adolescent Health

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Section: Cognitive Affordancementioning

confidence: 99%

Digital Health Technology to Enhance Adolescent and Young Adult Clinical Preventive Services: Affordances and Challenges

Wong

Madanay²,

Ozer

et al. 2020

Journal of Adolescent Health

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“…In terms of the substances addressed, of the 29 studies, 13 (45%) were focused on problems associated with the consumption or abuse of alcohol, 7 (24%) were focused on drugs (such as methamphetamine, inhalants, cannabis, ecstasy, opioids, lysergic acid diethylamide, cocaine, and heroin), and 7 (24%) addressed problems for both alcohol and drug use. It is important to note that 7% (2/29) of the studies considered comorbidity-of these 2 studies, 1 (50%) focused on alcohol use disorder and depression [26,27], and 1 (50%) focused on substance use and relationship violence [28].…”

Section: Type Of Substance Addressedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Serious Games Supporting the Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Consumption in Youth: Scoping Review

Martı́nez-Miranda¹,

Espinosa-Curiel²

2022

JMIR Serious Games

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Background The consumption of alcohol and drugs, particularly in adolescents and young adults, has increased worldwide in the last several years, representing a significant public health challenge. Serious games have the potential to support preventive and treatment interventions for substance use, facilitating the acquisition of relevant knowledge and the motivation for changes in attitudes and behaviors regarding substance consumption. Objective This scoping review aims to analyze a set of 7 relevant characteristics of current serious games designed to support the prevention and treatment of alcohol and drug consumption in adolescents and young adults—the substance addressed, the type of intervention, the theoretical basis, the computational techniques used, the mechanism for data security and privacy, the evaluation procedure followed, and the main results obtained. Methods The review was performed by following the PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews) guidelines. Data were retrieved from January 2010 to May 2022, using PubMed, Scopus (Elsevier), IEEE Xplore, and ACM Digital as data sources. The eligibility criteria included studies that described serious games designed to support the prevention or treatment of alcohol and drug consumption, targeted a population aged between 12 and 30 years, and included an evaluation procedure. Authors (JMM and IEEC) individually screened the titles and abstracts, and then full articles were reviewed for a final inclusion decision. Results A total of 629 records were obtained, and 29 (4.6%) fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Most of the serious games (14/29, 48%) were focused on the prevention or treatment of alcohol use. The type of intervention that was the most supported was prevention (18/29, 62%), and most studies mentioned the theory, theoretical construct, or therapeutic technique used as a foundation (22/29, 76%). Most of the studies only provided information about the platform for execution (23/29, 79%), and few described the use of computational techniques, such as virtual reality or motion-based interaction (5/29, 17%). A small set of studies (10/29, 34%) explicitly mentioned how data security and privacy were addressed. Most of the reported evaluation protocols were pilot studies (11/29, 38%), followed by randomized controlled trials (10/29, 34%), and the reported results were positive in terms of acceptability, usability, and efficacy. However, more research is needed to assess long-term effects. Conclusions Given the increasing interest in the use of serious games as digital interventions to support the prevention or treatment of substance use, knowing their main features is highly important. This review highlights whether and how current serious games incorporate 7 key features that are useful to consider for the further development of the area.

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“…An American research group (Elias-Lambert, Boyas, Black, & Schoech, 2015;Schoech, Boyas, Black, & Elias-Lambert, 2013) has developed a school-based primaryintervention serious game called "Choices & Consequences" (C&C). Green Acres High and the C&C game have many similarities, such as exposing teenagers to different virtual situations and asking their opinion regarding safety.…”

Section: Green Acres High-an Online Game-based Interventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Game-based Intervention – a technical tool for social workers to combat Adolescent Dating-Violence

Sorbring¹,

Bolin²,

Ryding³

2015

ASW

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Dating violence prevalence is increasing and effective prevention and intervention methods are needed in order to adress this growing social problem. The use of on-line game-based intervention programmes open ups new possibilities for social worker practice of interventions on a large scale. The purpose of this study was to examine young people´s experiences of a on line game-based intervention programme designed to adress dating-violence among youths. Swedish youths that took part in the intervention programme were interviewed in focus-groups. Results indicate that the use of a game as an intervention method for this socially sensitive topic was perceived as positive by the young people, seeing it as a new, engaging and interesting method. The findings from the study indicate that on-line game-based programme addressing dating violence between young people has the potential to be used as a technical tool in social work practice.

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Preventing substance abuse and relationship violence: Proof-of-concept evaluation of a social, multi-user, tablet-based game

Cited by 12 publications

References 50 publications

Digital Health Technology to Enhance Adolescent and Young Adult Clinical Preventive Services: Affordances and Challenges

Digital Health Technology to Enhance Adolescent and Young Adult Clinical Preventive Services: Affordances and Challenges

Serious Games Supporting the Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Consumption in Youth: Scoping Review

A Game-based Intervention – a technical tool for social workers to combat Adolescent Dating-Violence

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