Exploring the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy and role-playing games as an intervention for adults with social anxiety

Varrette, Matthew; Berkenstock, Jack; Greenwood-Ericksen, Adams; Ortega, Anthony; Michaels, Faith; Hurtado, Verónica; Schodorf, Marc

doi:10.1080/01609513.2022.2146029

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“…Night Witches is a game system set in World War II and follows the trials and tribulations of the all-female military aviators of Russia's 588th Night Bomber regiment [27]. Kids on Bikes [45] is a game series in which players take on the role of children in the 80s. Dialect [21] is an RPG that explores how languages evolve.…”

Section: The Anatomy Of Tabletop Roleplaying Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

TTRPG UX: Requirements & Beyond

Sturdee

Gamboa

Heron

2023

Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Section: The Anatomy Of Tabletop Roleplaying Gamesmentioning

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TTRPG UX: Requirements & Beyond

Sturdee

Gamboa

Heron

2023

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“…ReWIND is a CBT-based serious game in the role-playing game (RPG) genre designed specifically to improve cognitive emotion regulations and anxiety disorders in patients through psychoeducation. The use of RPGs for both healthcare and educational purposes has been supported by various studies [26], [27]. As ReWIND is designed for young adults, we created a three-dimensional (3D) virtual world enriched with anxiety-relevant stories in which the players explore through a third-person perspective (i.e., role-play).…”

Section: Rewind: a Story-based Cbt Serious Gamementioning

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“…As ReWIND is designed for young adults, we created a three-dimensional (3D) virtual world enriched with anxiety-relevant stories in which the players explore through a third-person perspective (i.e., role-play). The 3D virtual world affords a greater level of immersion and a sense of "actually being there", thus providing a more vivid experience in challenging players to change distorted beliefs through the character's actions and consequences in role-play scenarios [27], [28]. ReWIND is a PC game developed with Unity Game Engine 2019 LTS.…”

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ReWIND: A CBT-Based Serious Game to Improve Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Anxiety Disorder

Heng,

Liew,

Abdullah

et al. 2023

IJSG

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Games have shown successful intervention outcomes and can be used to complement the treatment of anxiety disorders. However, current serious game solutions are designed to be task-based rather than story-based. We present ReWIND, a serious role-playing game (RPG) applying cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to design anxiety-relevant storylines and game mechanics. ReWIND advances state-of-the-art mental health games by seamlessly integrating CBT elements and strategies into the game’s storytelling so players can learn how CBT is applied in anxiety scenarios as they play through the game. Our goal is to examine the effectiveness of ReWIND in improving cognitive emotion regulation and anxiety disorders. Through a randomized controlled trial, 40 participants were recruited, of whom half were randomly assigned to play ReWIND while the others worked on a non-game task. Anxiety and cognitive emotion regulation levels were measured before and after the interventions. Our findings show ReWIND significantly reduces the severity level of anxiety symptoms and trait anxiety levels and increases perceived control of anxiety better than the non-game task. ReWIND also obtained positive ratings for its usability and practicality in real life, helping participants to cope better with anxiety disorders.

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“…Because of their motivational aspects and versatility of application, RPGs have has been used in various areas, including education (27), mental health (21,22,(27)(28)(29)(30)(31), and the analysis of their impact on pop culture (24,25).…”

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Social skills training with a tabletop role-playing game, before and during the pandemic of 2020: in-person and online group sessions

Henning,

de Oliveira,

de Andrade

et al. 2024

Front. Psychiatry

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BackgroundThe area of social skills is broad, in theory and in practice. For social skills training, various clinical practices have been applied in group sessions, as have motivational resources such as role-playing games (RPGs). In recent years, the need arose to assess the clinical impact of the pandemic. The objective of this study was to determine the impact that the pandemic has had on in-person and online social skills training.MethodsWe evaluated six subjects with autism spectrum disorder, with or without another, similar disorder, each of whom attended a total of 12 two-hour RPG sessions over a 12-month period. The original (Portuguese-language) version of the Social Skills Inventory for Adolescents was applied at three different time points (pre-, mid-, and post-intervention).ResultsAfter six in-person tabletop RPG sessions, there was an increase in the mean frequency scores and a decrease in the mean difficulty scores. However, during the pandemic, the remaining six sessions were conducted online and the effect was the opposite.ConclusionOur data indicate that there is a need for further studies assessing social skills training in online contexts.

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Exploring the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy and role-playing games as an intervention for adults with social anxiety

Cited by 7 publications

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TTRPG UX: Requirements & Beyond

TTRPG UX: Requirements & Beyond

ReWIND: A CBT-Based Serious Game to Improve Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Anxiety Disorder

Social skills training with a tabletop role-playing game, before and during the pandemic of 2020: in-person and online group sessions

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