Serious video games for health: How behavioral science guided the development of a serious video game

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 587-606

  Thompson, Debbe ^a   Baranowski, Tom ^a   Buday, Richard ^b   Baranowski, Janice ^a   Thompson, Victoria ^c   Jago, Russell ^d   Griffith, Melissa Juliano ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Archimage Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action adventure; Adolescents; Behavioral change; Behavioral science; Edutainment; ESCAPE FROM DIAB; Game design; Health behavior; Obesity; Theory; Type 2 diabetes; Video game

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955015960     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878108328087     Document Type: Article

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