Explicit Mental Health Messaging Promotes Serious Video Game Selection in Youth With Elevated Mental Health Symptoms

Explicit Mental Health Messaging Promotes Serious Video Game Selection in Youth With Elevated Mental Health Symptoms

Serious games aimed at promoting well-being in youth have promising effects and potential for far-reaching impact. Considering that most mental health disorders remain untreated in youth, therapeutic games may be most valuable when they are aimed at untreated youth with internalizing symptoms. Howev...

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Main Authors: Marlou Poppelaars, Aniek Wols, Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff, Isabela Granic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
serious video games
mental health
messaging
affect
intrinsic motivation
depressive symptoms
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01837/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01837/full

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