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Short bio
Researcher, writer, and photography addict. Loves animals and lives together with one dog, two bunnies, and eight chickens.
Top-3 games
- Rollercoaster Tycoon
- Sims
- Risk
“Liberty consists in doing what one desires”
John Stuart Mill
About me
I work part-time as a PhD-candidate at Pluryn and the Radboud University Nijmegen. My research focuses on the use of videogame and gamified interventions in residential care. Together with a team of researchers and clinicians, I evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of these interventions through feasibility studies and randomized controlled trials. Along with my PhD in Social Sciences, I’m pursuing a second graduate degree in Philosophy where I focus on ethics in modern society.
At time of graduation, I’ve conducted studies and research projects at five universities in three countries. In the Netherlands, I’ve obtained a BSc. in Psychology at Tilburg University and a MSc. Behavioural Science (Research Masters) at Radboud University Nijmegen. Before starting my MSc., I’ve been a year abroad to study Genetics and Popular Culture and the Catholic University of Leuven (BE). After my MSc., I went to the University of Cambridge (UK) to conduct a research project on psychology and policy, before starting my PhD-project in September 2014.
Projects I’ve worked on
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CategoryAnxiety | DepressionDate02/12/2024Study/CourseLocation
Dojo - A Videogame Intervention to Decrease Anxiety and Externalising Problems in Youth
About the projectMany youth are having problems with regulating their emotions, which could - over time - result in anxiety and/or externalizing problems. Two projects tested the videogame intervention Dojo that teaches youth relaxation techniques in order to improve their emotion regulation. One project focused on preventing the exacerbation of anxiety among adolescents in high-schools. The other projects focused on youth with externalizing problems - often with co-morbid anxiety - in residential care.
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My publications
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“Dojo”: A Videogame Intervention for Youths with Externalizing Problems and Anxiety. [A Pilot Study]
Schuurmans, A. T., Nijhof, K. S., Vermaes, I. P. R., Engels, R. C. M. E., & Granic, I. (2015). Games for Health Journal, 4, 401-408.
Author: Angela Schuurmans
Upload date: 10-01-2015
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A Randomized Controlled Trial to Test the Effectiveness of an Immersive 3D Video Game for Anxiety Prevention among Adolescents
Scholten, H., Malmberg, M., Lobel, A., Engels, R. C. M. E., & Granic, I. (2016). PloS One, 11(1), e0147763. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147763
Author: Hanneke Scholten
Upload date: 01-27-2016