Tom Hollensteinonline
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Associate Professor in Developmental Psychology at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Top-3 games
- Chess
- Journey
- Everything
About me
I am specializing in adolescent emotional development, emotion regulation, dynamic systems, state space grids, observational methods, and psychophysiology. PI on studies of MindLight in Canada.. Currently I am working on rectifying process and strategy accounts of emotion regulation, concordance across appraisal, expressive, and physiological arousal during emotion, testing the social baseline hypothesis of adolescence, the impact of mindsets on socioemotional functioning, and nested time scales of real-time emotions within day-to-day functioning across developmental time. My interest in gaming is as a research tool to tap into theorized mechanisms of emotion regulation, and of course to improve children's lives.
Projects I’ve worked on
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CategoryAnxietyDate29/03/2020Study/CourseLocation
Biofeedback Videogames for Anxiety Regulation
About the projectThis project aims to develop and assess the use of biofeedback videogames to help youth cope with stress and anxiety. In addition it aims to identify physiological markers and patterns of emotion regulation. The current studies within this project focus on exploring the potential of the virtual reality biofeedback game DEEP where players use deep diaphragmatic breathing to move through a beautiful underwater world.
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CategoryAnxietyDate29/03/2020Study/CourseLocation
MindLight - Childhood Anxiety Prevention
About the projectMany children have difficulties with fearful situations and are anxious. Interventions can help to teach children to cope effectively with anxiety-inducing situations. In our project, we rigorously tested whether an intervention in the form of a video game (MindLight) is effective in significantly reducing anxiety symptoms in children 8-12 years old. We did this by comparing MindLight to 1) a commercial game and 2) the gold-standard, cognitive-behavioural therapy for anxiety (Coping Cat). Furthermore, we evaluated the motivational characteristics of MindLight and for whom (e.g., age and gender differences) it is effective.
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CategoryGamingDate29/03/2020Study/CourseLocation
Nonspecific Factors in Video Games for Mental Health
About the projectMore and more games are designed to promote mental health. If these games are found to be effective, it is important to investigate which factors are responsible for the improvements in mental health. Most often, this type of research focuses on the specific clinical techniques that were designed into the game. However, from the clinical literature it is known that, for instance, expectations, motivation, and one’s mindset about the malleability of symptoms play a major role in positive intervention outcomes. In my project I aim to investigate these nonspecific factors and examine how we can manipulate these factors in order to optimize video games for mental health.
My updates
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@Tom Hollenstein - 28-03-2020
Wow, thanks @GEMH_Lab and @PlayNiceInst for compiling and sharing this list! Very helpful. Can attest that Zoom scr… https://t.co/vsczXvl0uz
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@Tom Hollenstein - 24-03-2020
RT @exploreDEEP: Well done to @yoanneke @PlayNiceInst and @GEMH_Lab, good timing during difficult circumstances. We're currently seeking s…
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@Tom Hollenstein - 20-03-2020
@bgreene Indeed, all is not evil. Check out @PlayNiceInst and her lab @GEMH_Lab for deeper understanding of games a… https://t.co/MMW5O17bW4
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@Tom Hollenstein - 17-08-2019
Great piece with @PlayNiceInst from the @GEMH_Lab on @CBCQuirks featuring discussion of MindLight, the game we also… https://t.co/oZKfyb6DHB
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@Tom Hollenstein - 26-06-2019
Hey @GEMH_Lab - seems like your kind of thing.... https://t.co/f9oMEHZBRc
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@Tom Hollenstein - 25-06-2019
@ingridfetell @briecode @PlayNiceInst and the @GEMH_Lab
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@Tom Hollenstein - 11-06-2019
Had a great time today giving talk about emotion regulation at U of Toronto Mississauga. Thanks to Tina Malti and h… https://t.co/zYlPhtHYn5
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@Tom Hollenstein - 02-06-2019
RT @PlayNiceInst: For recently joined followers interested in games for emotional and mental health, here's the intro and link to the @CBCQ…
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@Tom Hollenstein - 01-06-2019
@PlayNiceInst @CBCQuirks @GEMH_Lab Huzzah! Wonderful in so many ways that your insights made it to @CBCQuirks . Pla… https://t.co/GAQf30OwiP
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@Tom Hollenstein - 17-03-2019
@PlayNiceInst @GEMH_Lab I agree. My second thought was: I have to write SIX methods sections??? But if the data are… https://t.co/odAHqd4thz
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My publications
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Exploring the Role of Self-efficacy in Biofeedback Video Games
Weerdmeester, J., van Rooij, M., Harris, O., Smit, N., Engels, R. C., & Granic, I. (2017, October). Exploring the role of self-efficacy in biofeedback video games. In Extended Abstracts Publication of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (pp. 453-461). ACM.
Author: Joanneke Weerdmeester
Upload date: 10-15-2017
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Efficacy of a virtual reality biofeedback game (DEEP) to reduce anxiety and disruptive classroom behavior: Single-case study
Bossenbroek, R., Wols, A., Weerdmeester, J., Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A., Granic, I., & van Rooij, M. (2020). JMIR Mental Health, 7(3), e16066. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16066
Author: Aniek Wols
Upload date: 03-24-2020
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A Neurofeedback Video Game (MindLight) to Prevent Anxiety in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Schoneveld, E. A., Malmberg, M., Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A., Verheijen, G. P., Engels, R. C., & Granic, I. (2016). Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 321-333.
Author: Elke Schoneveld
Upload date: 10-01-2016
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Preventing Childhood Anxiety Disorders: Is an Applied Game as Effective as a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based Program?
Schoneveld, E. A., Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A., & Granic, I. (2017). Prevention Science, 1-13.
Author: Elke Schoneveld
Upload date: 09-27-2017
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What Keeps Them Motivated? Children’s Views on an Applied Game for Anxiety
Schoneveld, E. A., Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A., & Granic, I. (2019). What keeps them motivated? Children’s views on an applied game for anxiety. Entertainment Computing, 29, 69-74.
Author: Elke Schoneveld
Upload date: 03-01-2019
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Childhood anxiety prevention: An evaluation of the applied game MindLight
Schoneveld, E. A. (2019). Childhood anxiety prevention: An evaluation of the applied game MindLight (Doctoral dissertation)
Author: Elke Schoneveld
Upload date: 02-26-2019
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Explicit Mental Health Messaging Promotes Serious Video Game Selection in Youth with Elevated Mental Health Symptoms
Poppelaars, M., Wols, A., Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A., & Granic, I. (2018). Frontiers in Psychology.
Author: Marlou Poppelaars
Upload date: 09-10-2018
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Preregistration: The effect of expectations on experienced fun, mood, state-anxiety and in-game play behaviours while playing MindLight
Wols, A., Hollenstein, T., Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A., & Granic, I. (2019). Preregistration: The effect of expectations on experienced fun, mood, state-anxiety and in-game play behaviours while playing MindLight. https://osf.io/6gmwv
Author: Aniek Wols
Upload date: 07-05-2019
Worked together with
Professor and Chair of the Developmental Psychopathology department in the Behavioural Science Institute; writer; voracious podcast consumer; mother of two upstanding little gamers
Director of GEMH Lab
Assistant Professor at the Developmental Psychopathology Department, mainly interested in general processes and principles of clinical change; mother of two wild boys.
Assistant Professor
Rutger Engels
CEO at Trimbos Institute / Professor Developmental Psychopathology Utrecht University