The Evaluation of a School Climate Videogame Intervention

Yale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Self Efficacy; Cognitive Reappraisal

Treatments: Device: videogame; Behavioral: School Climate Assessment Survey

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04025294

2000026033

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomized control trial of a videogame intervention to assess and improve school climate.

Full description

To assess the acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a videogame intervention designed to teach teens the skills in restructuring thoughts and then empowering them to take action and improve their school climate.

For this project, the play2PREVENT Lab aims to assess the acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a videogame intervention designed to teach teens the skills in restructuring thoughts and then empowering them to take action and improve their school climate. Program and school staff will enroll participants between the ages of 14-19 years old to play our videogame during their after school programs. Before and after gameplay, participants will answer assessment questions related to self-efficacy, cognitive reappraisal, and dimensions of school climate. Questions will also assess participants' feedback on the videogame. Students not randomly assigned to the videogame intervention will only respond to assessment questions. The data will be transmitted electronically via Qualtrics data collection platform to the Lab for further analysis.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Must be a current high school student
• English-speaking
• Willing to provide minor assent
• Willing to provide parental consent (if under 18 years old)
• Willing to play/use the game/tool for about 45 minutes to 1 hour after school
• Willing to answer questions about their experiences in playing the game, questions around school climate, and questions around self-efficacy on an iPad for about 30 minutes
• Willing to participate in an optional focus group for about 30 minutes

Exclusion criteria

• Those that do not meet the criteria above

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Students playing videogame

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group will consist of our videogame intervention including the five mini-games.

Treatment:

Device: videogame

Students receiving school climate assessment

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control group differs from the experimental group as it includes the school climate assessment tool but excludes the mini-games

Treatment:

Behavioral: School Climate Assessment Survey