Correlating Real and Virtual World Behavioral Fluctuations in Adolescence

NCT02281825 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: sha-0001-14
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 20
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

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

Keywords

Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder; Anxiety; Impulsivity; Computer Games; Depression

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Impulsivity manifested within game-play

  In-Game kill/Stealth ratio

  3 weeks

• Activity manifested within game-play

  In-Game number of missions and sub-mission attained

  3 weeks

• Aggresion manifested within game-play

  In-Game aimed killing

  3 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Control

Adolescents without any psychiatric disorder

Study

Adolescents with psychiatric disorder of the following: Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, Conduct, Oppositional defiant Disorder, Anxiety, Depression, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

Male adolescents, 13-18, with and without psychopathology, evaluated and diagnosed by psychiatrists. Adolescents will be recruited from Shalvata MHC children and adolescents outpatient clinic and from convinience sample in the community.

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

• drug abuse
• head injury
• living in a boarding school and a major psychiatric or neurological disorder.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Shalvata Mental Health Center: lead
• University of Haifa: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Shalvata MHC

Hod HaSharon, Israel

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Anxiety Disorders; Depression; Oppositional Defiant Disorder; Behavior; Impulsive Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Aviv Segev, MD

  Shalvata MHC, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, TA Uni.

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 29, 2014
• First Posted: November 4, 2014
• Study Start: November 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2015
• Study Completion: February 1, 2016
• Last Updated: April 14, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-04

Locations

IL (1)