Hall of Heroes: A Digital Game for Social Skills Training with Young Adolescents

International Journal of Computer Games Technology

Volumn 2019, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Derosier, Melissa E ^a   Thomas, James M ^a  

^a C Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAMES; E-LEARNING;

DIGITAL GAMES; EXPRESS EMOTIONS; GAME-BASED; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING; TREATMENT CONDITIONS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 85060116247     PISSN: 16877047     EISSN: 16877055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2019/6981698     Document Type: Article

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