Games for Health - Elke Schoneveld - The other 40%: Video games as children's mental health intervention
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The document discusses using video games as an intervention for childhood anxiety and mental health issues. It describes the development of Mindlight, a neurofeedback video game designed to help anxious children by incorporating exposure therapy, relaxation techniques, and attention bias modification. Preliminary results showed that anxiety symptoms decreased for children who played Mindlight as well as another game called Max. Children reported that Mindlight was more fun and engaging than Max. The study aims to further evaluate Mindlight's effectiveness in reducing anxiety symptoms.
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Games for Health - Elke Schoneveld - The other 40%: Video games as children's mental health intervention
- 1. The other 40%: Video games as children's mental health intervention Elke A. Schoneveld, MSc. Dr. Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff Prof. Dr. Isabela Granic Games for Health Europe –Utrecht PhD on the Move Oktober 2014
- 2. Interventions for childhood anxiety symptoms Barriers: 1. Lackof engagement 2. No motivationto practice 3. Limitedaccessibility 4. High cost 5. Stigmatization Video games addressall these barriers Benefit No benefit 40% My PhD: 60%
- 3. Mindlight First neurofeedback game designed specifically for anxious kids Developed by a multidiciplinary team of game developers, clinicians and researchers (Play Nice Institute) Explore scary mansion
- 4. Evidence-based strategies applied in game context Neurofeedback: visuali- zation brain waves Exposure (Wolpe, 1968): confront your fears Relaxation: remaincalm& combatfear ABM (Bar-Haim, 2010): focus on+, disengagethreath
- 5. Mindlight trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uqmso9xoss Mindlight"WalkingintoDarkness"
- 6. Participants Screening~ 800 childrenw/ anxietyquestionnaire (SCAS) ~ 160 childrenw/ elevatedanxietysymptoms 135 participatingchildren 67 children 68 children
- 7. Design Screening Pretest Play sessions Posttest Follow-up
- 8. Sessions
- 9. Preliminaryresults –anxiety symptoms AnxietysymptomsdecreasewithMindlightand withMax
- 10. Preliminary results –game evaluation Max Mindlight Strongly agree 33% Totally disagree 11% Agree 33% Disagree 4% Neutral19% Funforme Strongly agree 19% Totally disagree 21% Agree 14% Disagree 17% Neutral29% Funforme Strongly agree 23% Totally disagree 8% Agree 41% Disagree 5% Neutral23% Funforotherkids Strongly agree 16% Totally disagree 12% Agree 32% Disagree 8% Neutral32% Funforotherkids
- 11. Preliminary results –game evaluation Max Mindlight Strongly agree 13% Totally disagree 25% Agree 11% Disagree 23% Neutral28% Exciting Strongly agree 13% Totally disagree 17% Agree 23% Disagree 16% Neutral31% Difficult Strongly agree 24% Totally disagree 14% Agree 22% Disagree 18% Neutral22% Exciting Strongly agree 21% Totally disagree 19% Agree 14% Disagree 14% Neutral32% Difficult
- 12. Future study -2015 VERSUS
- 13. Future study AND
- 14. Thank you Elke A. Schoneveld, MSc. e.schoneveld@pwo.ru.nl Supervisors:Dr. Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff Prof. Dr. Isabela Granic
- 15. Preliminary results –game evaluation Max Mindlight Strongly agree 10% Totally disagree 25% Agree 18% Disagree 14% Neutral33% Usefuldailylive Strongly agree 22% Totally disagree 14% Agree 36% Disagree 11% Neutral17% Forgotthingsaround Strongly agree 13% Totally disagree 19% Agree 14% Disagree 32% Neutral22% Usefuldailylive Strongly agree 16% Totally disagree 21% Agree 24% Disagree 17% Neutral22% Forgotthingsaround