A VR Intervention for Promoting Prosocial Behavior and Well-being in Youth

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Youth

Treatments: Behavioral: Prosocial VR intervention; Other: No intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06454851

HSEARS20240214005-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the present project is to develop a gamified prosocial VR intervention for youth transitioning from secondary to tertiary education, and to test the effectiveness of the gamified prosocial VR intervention for promoting prosocial behavior and well-being.

Full description

Targeting youth transitioning from secondary to tertiary education, the proposed project will adopt evidence-based intervention programs that use digital technologies to promote prosocial behavior and well-being, thereby supporting better intrapersonal and interpersonal development.

The investigators aim to develop a gamified prosocial VR intervention for youth transitioning from secondary to tertiary education and to test its effectiveness through a randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Enrollment: 160 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 15-19
• Secondary 6 to college year 1
• Can read traditional Chinese and understand Cantonese

Exclusion criteria

• History of photosensitive epilepsy
• Impairment of stereoscopic vision
• Balance problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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160 participants in 2 patient groups

VR Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the intervention condition will be required to complete a 4-session gamified prosocial VR intervention program, one session a week for four consecutive weeks, each session lasts around 15-20 minutes.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Prosocial VR intervention

Waitlist control group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Participants in the waitlist condition will be asked to continue their usual activity routines before their turn to receive the intervention.

Treatment:

Other: No intervention