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| Title |
Commercial Video Games As Therapy: A New Research Agenda to Unlock the Potential of a Global Pastime
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychiatry, January 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00300 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michelle Colder Carras, Antonius J. Van Rooij, Donna Spruijt-Metz, Joseph Kvedar, Mark D. Griffiths, Yorghos Carabas, Alain Labrique |
| Abstract |
Emerging research suggests that commercial, off-the-shelf video games have potential applications in preventive and therapeutic medicine. Despite these promising findings, systematic efforts to characterize and better understand this potential have not been undertaken. Serious academic study of the therapeutic potential of commercial video games faces several challenges, including a lack of standard terminology, rapidly changing technology, societal attitudes toward video games, and understanding and accounting for complex interactions between individual, social, and cultural health determinants. As a vehicle to launch a new interdisciplinary research agenda, the present paper provides background information on the use of commercial video games for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of mental and other health conditions, and discusses ongoing grassroots efforts by online communities to use video games for healing and recovery. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 21% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| Denmark | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 19 | 58% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 55% |
| Scientists | 12 | 36% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 282 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 282 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 43 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 35 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 32 | 11% |
| Researcher | 22 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 6% |
| Other | 39 | 14% |
| Unknown | 94 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 54 | 19% |
| Computer Science | 27 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 20 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 4% |
| Other | 44 | 16% |
| Unknown | 104 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 74. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 December 2022.
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#6
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