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A VR Intervention for Prosocial Behavior and Well-being Among Adolescents

No phase Interventional Adolescent

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What is being studied
The protocol lists: Prosocial VR intervention.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Adolescent. Basic parameters: 10 years — 16 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
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Official title

Effectiveness of a Virtual Reality (VR) Intervention for Prosocial Behavior and Well-being Among Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Overview

The aim of this project is to examine the effectiveness of a gamified prosocial VR intervention.

Detailed description

There are two parts in this study. In the first part of the study, participants will be first directed to complete a background survey online (approximately 20 minutes). In the second part of the study, participants will participate in a 5-session gamified training program, one session a week for five consecutive weeks, each session lasts between 10-15 minutes. Upon completion of each session, participants will be required to complete a short 5-minute online survey. A daily diary study will be conducted during the intervention to monitor the nuance behavioral and attitudinal changes.

Interventions

  • Behavioral Prosocial VR intervention
    A five-week gamified prosocial VR intervention program based on literature review and relevance to the local contexts will be developed for the proposed project. The intervention will be expanded to include five weekly sessions, each lasting between 10 to 15 minutes. Each session will depict a different daily life scenario-home, school, street, park, and shopping mall, respectively. During each session, participants will engage in a series of tasks that incorporate elements of prosocial behavior

Primary outcome measures

  • Prosocial attitudes [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)]
  • Prosocial identity [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)]
  • Prosocial intention [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)]
  • Attitudes toward helping others [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)]
  • Altruism [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)]
  • Empathy [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)]
  • Life satisfaction [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)]
  • Subjective happiness [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)]
  • Affect [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)]
  • Gratitude [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
  • Intervention satisfaction [Time frame: immediately after the intervention (post-intervention)]
  • Feelings in the VR [Time frame: immediately after the intervention (post-intervention)]
  • Levels of difficulty [Time frame: immediately after the intervention (post-intervention)]
  • Levels of interest [Time frame: immediately after the intervention (post-intervention)]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • School students aged 10-16 (i.e., primary 5 to secondary 5);
  • Able to communicate in Chinese.

Exclusion criteria

  • Significant cognitive impairment;
  • Self-reported severe motion sickness;
  • Uncorrected visual impairment.

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double blind
Primary purpose
Treatment

Study locations

Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06504069 · HSEARS20221208004-01

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗