Clinical trial NCT06454851: A VR Intervention for Promoting Prosocial Behavior and Well-being in Youth
Official title: A Virtual Reality (VR) Intervention for Promoting Prosocial Behavior and Well-being in Youth Transitioning From Secondary to Tertiary Education: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Youth
Lead sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-06-12
Enrollment: 160
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 15
Maximum age (years): 19
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The objective of the present project is to develop a gamified prosocial VR intervention for youth transitioning from secondary to tertiary education, and to test the effectiveness of the gamified prosocial VR intervention for promoting prosocial behavior and well-being.

Detailed description: Targeting youth transitioning from secondary to tertiary education, the proposed project will adopt evidence-based intervention programs that use digital technologies to promote prosocial behavior and well-being, thereby supporting better intrapersonal and interpersonal development.

The investigators aim to develop a gamified prosocial VR intervention for youth transitioning from secondary to tertiary education and to test its effectiveness through a randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 15-19
* Secondary 6 to college year 1
* Can read traditional Chinese and understand Cantonese

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of photosensitive epilepsy
* Impairment of stereoscopic vision
* Balance problems

Primary outcomes:
measure: Prosocial behavior
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)
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: Online prosocial behavior
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: Subjective happiness
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: Flourishing
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: Affect
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)
measure: Mental health
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up)
measure: Diary measures
timeFrame: Daily monitoring for four weeks during the intervention
Secondary outcomes:
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)
measure: Intervention satisfaction
timeFrame: immediately after the intervention (post-intervention and only in the last week)
Other outcomes:
measure: Socio-demographic variables
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention)
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
name: Sylvia CHEN, Ph.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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