Clinical trial NCT06504069: A VR Intervention for Prosocial Behavior and Well-being Among Adolescents
Official title: Effectiveness of a Virtual Reality (VR) Intervention for Prosocial Behavior and Well-being Among Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Adolescent
Lead sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-07-16
Enrollment: 160
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 10
Maximum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of this project is to examine the effectiveness of a gamified prosocial VR intervention.

Detailed description: There are two parts in this study. In the first part of the study, participants will be first directed to complete a background survey online (approximately 20 minutes). In the second part of the study, participants will participate in a 5-session gamified training program, one session a week for five consecutive weeks, each session lasts between 10-15 minutes. Upon completion of each session, participants will be required to complete a short 5-minute online survey. A daily diary study will be conducted during the intervention to monitor the nuance behavioral and attitudinal changes.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* School students aged 10-16 (i.e., primary 5 to secondary 5);
* Able to communicate in Chinese.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Significant cognitive impairment;
* Self-reported severe motion sickness;
* Uncorrected visual impairment.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Prosocial attitudes
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)
measure: Prosocial identity
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)
measure: Prosocial intention
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)
measure: Attitudes toward helping others
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)
measure: Altruism
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)
measure: Empathy
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)
measure: Life satisfaction
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)
measure: Subjective happiness
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)
measure: Affect
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)
measure: Gratitude
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)
measure: Subjective vitality
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)
measure: Self-esteem
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)
measure: Daily well-being
timeFrame: Daily monitoring for 5 weeks during the intervention
measure: Daily prosocial act
timeFrame: Daily monitoring for 5 weeks during the intervention
measure: Daily subjective happiness
timeFrame: Daily monitoring for 5 weeks during the intervention
measure: Daily subjective vitality
timeFrame: Daily monitoring for 5 weeks during the intervention
measure: Daily affect
timeFrame: Daily monitoring for 5 weeks during the intervention
measure: Daily gratitude
timeFrame: Daily monitoring for 5 weeks during the intervention
measure: Daily psychological needs
timeFrame: Daily monitoring for 5 weeks during the intervention
measure: Daily self-esteem
timeFrame: Daily monitoring for 5 weeks during the intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Intervention satisfaction
timeFrame: immediately after the intervention (post-intervention)
measure: Feelings in the VR
timeFrame: immediately after the intervention (post-intervention)
measure: Levels of difficulty
timeFrame: immediately after the intervention (post-intervention)
measure: Levels of interest
timeFrame: immediately after the intervention (post-intervention)
Other outcomes:
measure: Socio-demographic variables
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention)
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
name: Bryant HUI, Ph.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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