Variance of Video Games Playing Patterns Among Adolescents With Psychiatric Disorders

NCT01621815 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: SH-12-13
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 46
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

As the use of video games (VG) is rapidly increasing, many studies have tries to understand the effects of VG on the children and adolescents playing them. Most of the research was directed towards negative effects (especially violence, attention and school performance), producing mixed results. Recently, more studies had focused their attention on the opposite angle: The influence of the player's mental and behavioral parameters, influencing his VG playing patterns. The focus of most of these researches was time of playing, addictive patterns and exposure to violence. The current study will try to characterize the variance of VG playing pattern among adolescents diagnosed with psychiatric disorders, in order to better under the rich interaction between a player and his VG, and to understand whether VG playing patterns holds diagnostical clues for the child's diagnosis and his inner world.

Conditions

ADHD; Conduct; Depression; Anxiety; PDD

Keywords

ADHD; Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; Conduct; Depression; Anxiety; PDD; Pervasive Developmental Disorders

Study Arms (5)

Anxiety and Depression

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Adolescents diagnosed with anxiety and/or depression

Behavioral: Video Game

ADD

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Adolescents diagnosed with ADD (without hyperactive element)

Behavioral: Video Game

ADHD, Behavioral

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Adolescents diagnosed with ADHD (with hyperactivity), with or without behavioral problems

Behavioral: Video Game

PDD

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Adolescents diagnosed with PDD Spectrum Disorders

Behavioral: Video Game

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Adolescents without a psychiatric diagnosis

Behavioral: Video Game

Interventions

Video Game BEHAVIORAL

Playing various video games: RPG, Race, FPS, Strategy

Also known as: Video Games, Computer Games, RPG, Role Playing Games, FPS, First Person Shooter, Strategy

ADD; ADHD, Behavioral; Anxiety and Depression; Control; PDD

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Age 13-18
• Diagnosis matching one of the defined research arms, made by a childhood and adolescents psychiatry specialist
• Playing various computer games regularly, for at least 2 years
• Informed consent has been given by the minor and his parents

You may not qualify if:

• Organic sensory depravation (blindness, deafness)
• Motor dysfunction, relevant of using keyboard, mouse or remote
• Additional psychiatric diagnosis, apart the one matching the arm to which he was allocated
• Using illicit drugs during the previous 48 hours

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Shalvata Mental Health Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Shalvata MHC

Hod HaSharon, Israel

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Behavior; Depression; Anxiety Disorders; Child Development Disorders, Pervasive

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders; Behavioral Symptoms

Study Officials

• Aviv Segev, MD

  Shalvata MHC

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 14, 2012
• First Posted: June 18, 2012
• Study Start: July 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2015
• Study Completion: January 1, 2015
• Last Updated: May 20, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-05

Locations

IL (1)