Is REThink therapeutic game effective in preventing emotional disorders in children and adolescents? Outcomes of a randomized clinical trial
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Therapeutic games represent a promising solution for addressing emotional difficulties in youths. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of the REThink game, in helping children and adolescents, to develop psychological resilience. Therefore, 165 children aged between 10 and 16 years were randomly assigned in one of the three groups: 54 participants in the REThink condition, 55 participants in the Rational Emotive Behavior Education condition, and 56 participants in the waitlist condition. Results indicated that the REThink intervention had a significant impact on emotional symptoms (a moderate-effect size, d = 0.46) and on depressive mood (a large-effect size, d = 0.84). Furthermore, REThink had a significant impact on children's ability to regulate their emotions, with a significant effect on emotional awareness (d = 0.64), and on the ability for emotional control (d = 0.69). In conclusion, the implications of the REThink game are discussed in relationship with resiliency building programs designed for youths. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03308981.
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Prior research has primarily focused on video game DHIs targeting 'illbeing' that aim to reduce symptoms of mental illness, two examples are games 'REThink' and 'Dojo'.
“Prior research has primarily focused on video game DHIs targeting ‘illbeing’ that aim to reduce symptoms of mental illness, two examples are games ‘REThink’ and ‘Dojo’.”
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'REThink,' designed for a younger audience, developed the players' ability to discern functional emotions from maladaptive ones and was shown to effectively improve emotional symptoms and reduce depressive mood.
“‘REThink,’ designed for a younger audience, developed the players’ ability to discern functional emotions from maladaptive ones and was shown to effectively improve emotional symptoms and reduce depressive mood.42”
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- Authors
- David, O. A., Cardoș, R. A. I., & Matu, S.
- Affiliations
- Babeș-Bolyai University (RO)
- Corresponding author
- Cardoș, Roxana A. I.
- Venue
- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Published
- 2018-07-10
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 111-122
- ISSN
- 1018-8827 (ISSN-L)
- 1435-165X
- OpenAlex
- W2829327998
- Cited by
- 81
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 6.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research (PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-1937)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Therapy and Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Games and Gamification
- Keywords
- therapeutic games, children and adolescents, psychological resilience, emotional symptoms, depressive mood, emotion regulation, emotional awareness, emotional control
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Psychotherapy, Rational-Emotive, Treatment Outcome, Video Games, Mood Disorders, Resilience, Psychological
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