Correlating Real and Virtual World Behavioral Fluctuations in Adolescence

Shalvata Mental Health Center20 enrolled

Overview

The present study will explore a new approach to ongoing evaluation and monitoring of fluctuations in personality traits via commercial video games. The aim of this longitudinal study is to examine the influence of everyday life event on video games performance as a function of individual differences in gaming behavioral patterns. focusing on the ongoing performance vacillations of the patient on commercial video games will offer insights in to possibly new generation of real time assessment medium of ongoing behavior.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder Anxiety Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder Depression Oppositional Defiant Disorder Conduct

Eligibility

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All subjects will have normal or corrected to normal vision with no sensory/motor disturbance * An accessible computer at the house hold * Previous experience in playing computer games. Exclusion Criteria: * drug abuse * head injury * living in a boarding school and a major psychiatric or neurological disorder.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Impulsivity manifested within game-play

In-Game kill/Stealth ratio

Time frame: 3 weeks

Activity manifested within game-play

In-Game number of missions and sub-mission attained

Time frame: 3 weeks

Aggresion manifested within game-play

In-Game aimed killing

Time frame: 3 weeks

Correlating Real and Virtual World Behavioral Fluctuations in Adolescence

Overview

Conditions

Eligibility

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Outcomes

Primary Outcomes