Projects
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Project LeadAdam LobelCategoryGamingProject statusCompleted
Gaming and Children's Psycho-Social Development
Despite widespread claims that video gaming is harmful for children's social and emotional development, hardly any research has tracked children over time to verify these claims. Moreover, such claims run contrary to the importance which psychologists have given to play. This project aimed to address these matters.
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Adam Lobel
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Isabela Granic
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Rutger Engels
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William Burk
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Lisanne Stone
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Project LeadAnouk TuijnmanCategoryAnxiety | DepressionProject statusWriting Dissertation
Social Games as Prevention Tools for Depression in Adolescents
In my PhD project I study social games for the prevention of depression. In my project I take part in both the development and testing of games. I want to use video games to help youth become more emotionally resilient and to decrease the stigma that surrounds depression. I do this in close collaboration with other researchers and game designers. I am particularly interested in games that are played in a social context, because I believe that both social threat and social support are key factors in the development and maintenance of depression.
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Anouk Tuijnman
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Rutger Engels
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Isabela Granic
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Marloes Kleinjan
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Ken Koontz
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Erik van den Berge
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Project LeadGeert VerheijenCategoryGamingProject statusCompleted
The Influence of Playing Video Games on Social Development of Adolescents
This project investigates the influences of different aspects of video game play behavior on the adjustment and social relationships of adolescents. In an annual survey, adolescents indicate their well-being and various elements of their video game play behavior (such as their motivation for gaming, type of games played, and the social context in which games are played). The aim of the project is to investigate how average, day-today gaming affects the social development of teens.
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Geert Verheijen
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Sabine Stoltz
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Yvonne van den Berg
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Toon Cillessen
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Project LeadJoanneke WeerdmeesterCategoryBehavior RegulationProject statusCompleted
A Full-Body Videogame Intervention for Decreasing ADHD Symptoms
This project is focused on assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of a full-body-driven intervention videogame targeted at decreasing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms.
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Joanneke Weerdmeester
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Isabela Granic
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Marientina Gotsis
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Yasaman Hashemian
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Project LeadAniek WolsCategoryAnxiety | DepressionProject statusCompleted
Are Improvements in Anxiety Associated with How Children Play MindLight?
The video game MindLight has been found to be an effective anxiety prevention program (see project: MindLight - Childhood Anxiety Prevention). However, we don’t know whether the clinical techniques incorporated in the game were responsible for the observed changes in anxiety symptoms. In this project we examined how children play MindLight, to what extent they interact with the clinical techniques in the game and how that relates to their anxiety improvements.
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Aniek Wols
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Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff
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Elke Schoneveld
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Isabela Granic
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Sabine Stoltz