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Effectiveness of the serious game 'You & I' in changing mentalizing abilities of adults with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities: a parallel superiority randomized controlled trial.

Suzanne Derks, Suze van Wijngaarden, Mirjam Wouda, Carlo Schuengel, Paula S Sterkenburg

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Article in Trials, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Serious Games for Executive Functions Training for Adults with Intellectual Disability: Overview.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Suzanne DerksDepartment of Clinical Child and Family Studies, Amsterdam Public Health, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorstraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7656-6455
Suze van WijngaardenASVZ, Touwbaan 1, 3360 AC, Sliedrecht, the Netherlands.
Mirjam WoudaOns Tweede Thuis, Veteranenlaan 7, 1183 DL, Amstelveen, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0841-1379
Carlo SchuengelDepartment of Clinical Child and Family Studies, Amsterdam Public Health, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorstraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5501-3341
Paula S SterkenburgDepartment of Clinical Child and Family Studies, Amsterdam Public Health, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorstraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. p.s.sterkenburg@vu.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6014-7539
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NLBartiméus · NL

Funding

ZonMw 845004001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPersons with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities generally show dysfunctions in mentalization and stress regulation, resulting in problematic social relationships and personal distress. Intervention programs may improve mentalizing abilities. The aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the serious game 'You & I' in changing mentalizing abilities and stress regulation in adults with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities.

methodsA two-arm, parallel, superiority randomized controlled trial will be used with 172 adults with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the experimental group to play the serious game 'You & I' or a waitlist control group. Participants will be assessed at baseline, post intervention (5 weeks after baseline), and follow-up (6-8 weeks after post intervention). They also will fill in questionnaires for personal factors, personal development, personal well-being, social validity, autism spectrum quotient (demographic variables), mentalizing abilities (primary outcome measure), and stress regulation (secondary outcome measure). DISCUSSION: The serious game 'You & I' aims to improve mentalizing abilities in adults with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities, which is expected to lead to improved regulation of stress in social relationships. The study's unique feature is the use of a serious game to improve mentalizing abilities. If the intervention is effective, the serious game can be implemented on a broad scale in Dutch care organizations for people with intellectual disabilities as an effective preventive tool to improve mentalizing abilities.

trial registrationNetherlands Trial Register, NTR7418 . Registered on 2 August 2018.

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MentalizationVideo GamesAdaptation, PsychologicalEquivalence Trials as TopicHumansIntellectual DisabilityNetherlandsPersons with Intellectual DisabilitiesSocial BehaviorStress, PsychologicalTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeIntellectual disabilityMentalizationSerious gameStress regulation

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PMID31412913
PMCPMC6694494
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