Improvement of Game Users’ Depressive Symptoms via Behavioral Activation in a Massive Multiplayer Online Game: Randomized Controlled Trial
This study demonstrated that MMOGs, when combined with administrator-led interventions, can reduce users' depressive symptoms, albeit with a small effect size. Further studies are needed to test the intervention effects on social anxiety symptoms in MMOGs, with improved exposure scenarios.
Authors
- Masanori Takano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4354-0619)
- Kenji Yokotani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-157X)
- Takahiro A. Kato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5169-2930)
- Nobuhito Abe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9897-4414)
Institutions
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- CyberAgent (Japan) (JP)
- Research Organization of Information and Systems (JP)
- Tokushima University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Serious Games
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/73734
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00