1. Development and User Satisfaction of 'Plan-It Commander,' a Serious Game for Children with ADHD
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Bul, Kim, Franken, Ingmar, Van der Oord, Saskia, Kato, Pam, Danckaerts, Marina, Vreeke, L.J., Willems, Annik, Van Oers, Helga, Van den Heuvel, Ria, Van Slagmaat, Rens, Maras, Athanasios, Leerstoel Baar, Development and Treatment of Psychosocial Problems, Leerstoel Baar, Development and Treatment of Psychosocial Problems, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry / Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Ontwikkelingspsychologie (Psychologie, FMG)
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Behavior Control ,Male ,Health (social science) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Population ,MEDLINE ,Plan (drawing) ,Personal Satisfaction ,Developmental psychology ,Self-Control ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Humans ,Learning ,Time management ,education ,Child ,media_common ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Rehabilitation ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,ComputingMilieux_PERSONALCOMPUTING ,Usability ,Self-control ,Social learning ,Social Learning ,Computer Science Applications ,Prosocial behavior ,Video Games ,Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity ,business ,Psychology ,human activities ,Reinforcement, Psychology - Abstract
The need for engaging treatment approaches within mental health care has led to the application of gaming approaches to existing behavioral training programs (i.e., gamification). Because children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) tend to have fewer problems with concentration and engagement when playing digital games, applying game technologies and design approaches to complement treatment may be a useful means to engage this population in their treatment. Unfortunately, gamified training programs currently available for ADHD have been limited in their ability to demonstrate in-game behavior skills that generalize to daily life situations. Therefore, we developed a new serious game (called "Plan-It Commander") that was specifically designed to promote behavioral learning and promotes strategy use in domains of daily life functioning such as time management, planning/organizing, and prosocial skills that are known to be problematic for children with ADHD. An interdisciplinary team contributed to the development of the game. The game's content and approach are based on psychological principles from the Self-Regulation Model, Social Cognitive Theory, and Learning Theory. In this article, game development and the scientific background of the behavioral approach are described, as well as results of a survey (n = 42) to gather user feedback on the first prototype of the game. The findings suggest that participants were satisfied with this game and provided the basis for further development and research to the game. Implications for developing serious games and applying user feedback in game development are discussed.
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- 2015
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