Anouk Tuijnmanonline
Short bio
I am a passionate researcher interested in improving the well-being of young people with the use of innovative interventions.
Top-3 games
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Animal Crossing: New Horizon
- Pokémon Franchise
About me
I am a PhD candidate at the Behavioural Science Institute of the Radboud University Nijmegen. I have a master’s degree in Pedagogical Sciences and worked at a youth care facility before starting my PhD. During my clinical master I wrote a thesis on whether video games can be used to foster social skills among young adolescents. My doctoral research focuses on the development and testing of social video games for the prevention of depression in youth.
Projects I’ve worked on
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CategoryAnxiety | DepressionDate22/06/2025Study/CourseLocation
Social Games as Prevention Tools for Depression in Adolescents
About the projectIn 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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My publications
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Developing and testing social video games for adolescent depression [Doctoral Dissertation]
A. Tuijnman (2023). Developing and testing social video games for adolescent depression. Doctoral Thesis. Radboud University.
Author: Anouk Tuijnman
Upload date: 11-28-2023
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A game-based assessment of the effects of rejection on young adults.
Tuijnman, A., Kleinjan, M., Chen, S., Engels, R. C., & Granic, I. (2021). A game-based assessment of the effects of rejection on young adults. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 5(CHI PLAY), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1145/3474681
Author: Anouk Tuijnman
Upload date: 10-06-2021
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A Game-Based School Program for Mental Health Literacy and Stigma Regarding Depression (Moving Stories): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Tuijnman, A., Kleinjan, M., Hoogendoorn, E., Granic, I. & Engels, R.C. (2019). JMIR Research Protocols, 8(3):e11255, doi: 10.2196/11255
Author: Anouk Tuijnman
Upload date: 03-14-2019
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Developing and Testing ScrollQuest: A Video Game Targeting Rejection Sensitivity in Adolescents
Tuijnman, A., Granic, I., Whitkin, J., & Engels, R. C. M. E. (2017). In CHI PLAY'17 Extended Abstracts: Extended Abstracts Publication of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (pp. 213-221). New York, NY: ACM.
Author: Anouk Tuijnman
Upload date: 10-15-2017
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Current Opportunities in Research and Development of Games for Mental Health
Tuijnman, A. & Weerdmeester, J. (2017). CHI PLAY, October 15 - 18, 2017, Amsterdam.
Author: Anouk Tuijnman
Upload date: 10-15-2017
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The Sims: A Social Improvement Mechanism for Adolescents
Lobel, A., Engels, R., Tuijnman, A., de Valk, T., & Granic, I. (2013, April). Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
Author: Adam Lobel
Upload date: 04-15-2013
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Anouk Tuijnman on Google Scholar
video Games, Media Literacy, Gambling, Mental Health, Youth
Author: Anouk Tuijnman
Upload date: 06-22-2025
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A game-based school program for mental health literacy and stigma on depression (Moving Stories): Cluster randomized controlled trial
Tuijnman, A., Kleinjan, M., Olthof, M., Hoogendoorn, E., Granic, I., & Engels, R. C. (2022). A Game-Based School Program for Mental Health Literacy and Stigma on Depression (Moving Stories): Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mental Health, 9(8), e26615. https://doi.org/10.2196/26615
Author: Anouk Tuijnman
Upload date: 08-17-2022
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PhD-Candidate
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Marloes Kleinjan
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