Integrating health behavior theory and design elements in serious games

JMIR Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Cheek, Colleen ^a   Fleming, Theresa ^b   Lucassen, Mathijs F G ^b   Bridgman, Heather ^c   Stasiak, Karolina ^b   Shepherd, Matthew ^b   Orpin, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adherence; Adolescent; Cognitive behavior therapy; Depression; Motivation; Online intervention; Self efficacy; SPARX; User centered

Indexed keywords

EID: 85106543831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23687959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mental.4133     Document Type: Article

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