Gamification for Behavior Change: Lessons from Developing a Social, Multiuser, Web-Tablet Based Prevention Game for Youths

Journal of Technology in Human Services

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 197-217

  Schoech, Dick ^a   Boyas, Javier F ^b   Black, Beverly M ^a   Elias Lambert, Nada ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; gamification; healthy games; prevention; relationship violence; substance abuse; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883525162     PISSN: 15228835     EISSN: 15228991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228835.2013.812512     Document Type: Article

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