Applied Games for Treating Phobias in Children

以前的研究探索了治疗恐惧症的数字干预措施，包括计算机化的治疗程序和虚拟现实；然而，在如何将游戏设计机制和治疗手册结合在设计过程中以简化治疗干预措施的开发和交付方面，文献中存在空白。我提出的研究问题是，如何在实践中实施游戏设计机制，为儿童恐惧症的治疗提供临床干预。为了实现这一点，我提出了一个以用户为中心的设计工作方案，利用共同设计的机制和混合数据收集方法。弥合游戏设计和临床干预之间的差距将不仅对游戏开发商和研究人员的更广泛的研究社区做出贡献，而且可能对卫生和教育部门做出贡献。最终产品将是一个游戏原型，可以用临床人群进行评估，并反映联合设计过程，其他游戏设计者可以为不同人群的不同临床干预复制这一过程。

Research has previously explored digital interventions for the treatment of phobias, including computerised therapy programmes and virtual reality; however, there are gaps in the literature as to how game design mechanics and therapy manuals can be combined in a design process for a streamlined development and delivery of therapy interventions. The research question I propose is how game design mechanics can be implemented in practice to deliver a clinical intervention for the treatment of phobias of children. To achieve this, I propose a user centred design programme of work, utilizing mechanics of co-design and mixed data collection methods. Bridging the gap between games design and clinical interventions will be a contribution not only to the wider research community of games developers and researchers, but also potentially to the health and education sector. The end product will be a games prototype that can be evaluated with a clinical population and a reflective account of the co-design process that can be replicated by other game designers for different clinical interventions with different populations.