Examining the Impacts on In-School Behaviors of In-Home Videogame Play
Status unconfirmed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Emotional Regulation, Problem Behavior, Irritable Mood
In brief
The proposed study aims to investigate the effects of children's in-home engagement with a biofeedback video game-based intervention on children's in-school behaviors. For the proposed study, families with no prior Mightier exposure will engage in online gameplay for eight weeks. Mightier will recruit families through social media and clinical settings, then Mightier will randomly assign participants to one of two groups: a group in which the child participant is encouraged to play Mightier games with biofeedback elements 45 or more minutes a week, broken into 3 or more sessions a week soon after baseline data have been collected, and a group in which the child participant receives Mightier and is invited to play Mightier games with biofeedback elements after all study baseline and follow-up data have been collected. The investigators will aim to enroll 20 parent-child dyads in each group. Specific Aims and Hypotheses: 1. Demonstrate that child engagement in Mightier biofeedback video games is correlated to child improvement in school behaviors. The investigators hypothesize that teachers of child participants will report reductions in child school behavior challenges after 8 weeks of child Mightier gameplay. 2. Demonstrate that child engagement in Mightier biofeedback video games is correlated to child improvement in at-home behaviors and general improvement in emotion regulation. The investigators hypothesize that parents of child participants will report a reduction in child behavior challenges and improvements in child emotion regulation after 8 weeks of child Mightier gameplay.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05260398
- Run by
- Neuromotion Labs
- People needed
- 43
- Starts
- 2022-02-28
- Expected to finish
- 2022-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2022-06-09
Who can join
Age: 6 and older, up to 11. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age 6-11 at the time of screening
- Attending school outside of the home and not planning to change schools or classrooms during the 8-week study period
You may not qualify if…
- Prior Mightier use
- Out-of-home School Teacher unable to complete baseline and follow-up questionnaires
- Planned medication changes during the 8-week study period
- Parents encouraged to self-exclude if their children have severe skin sensitivities
- Parents encouraged to self-exclude if their children are pre-readers
Where it is running
- Neuromotion Labs — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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