A VR Intervention for Promoting Prosocial Behavior and Well-being in Youth
- Conditions
- Youth
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Prosocial VR interventionOther: No intervention
- Registration Number
- NCT06454851
- Lead Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Brief Summary
The objective of the present project is to develop a gamified prosocial VR intervention for youth transitioning from secondary to tertiary education, and to test the effectiveness of the gamified prosocial VR intervention for promoting prosocial behavior and well-being.
- Detailed Description
Targeting youth transitioning from secondary to tertiary education, the proposed project will adopt evidence-based intervention programs that use digital technologies to promote prosocial behavior and well-being, thereby supporting better intrapersonal and interpersonal development.
The investigators aim to develop a gamified prosocial VR intervention for youth transitioning from secondary to tertiary education and to test its effectiveness through a randomized controlled trial (RCT).
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 160
- Age 15-19
- Secondary 6 to college year 1
- Can read traditional Chinese and understand Cantonese
- History of photosensitive epilepsy
- Impairment of stereoscopic vision
- Balance problems
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description VR Intervention group Prosocial VR intervention Participants in the intervention condition will be required to complete a 4-session gamified prosocial VR intervention program, one session a week for four consecutive weeks, each session lasts around 15-20 minutes. Waitlist control group No intervention Participants in the waitlist condition will be asked to continue their usual activity routines before their turn to receive the intervention.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Prosocial identity Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up) The Internalization subscale of the Self Importance of Moral Identity Scale (SIMIS) will be adapted to assess the prosocial identity. Each item will be rated on a 7-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). Higher scores indicate a higher level of Prosocial identity.
Life satisfaction Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up) The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) will be used to measure life satisfaction. Each item will be rated on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from "Strongly Disagree" to "Strongly Agree. Higher scores indicate higher levels of life satisfaction.
Prosocial attitudes Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up) Three items of prosocial attitudes will be revised from the Prosocial Orientation Questionnaire. Each item will be rated on a 6-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree). Higher scores indicate more positive prosocial attitudes.
Flourishing Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up) The Flourishing Scale (FS) will be used to measure flourishing. Each statement is answered using a 7-point Likert scale (7 - strongly agree to 1 - strongly). Higher scores indicate a higher level of flourishing.
Diary measures Daily monitoring for four weeks during the intervention State prosocial behavior outcomes and well-being outcomes will be measured.
Prosocial intention Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up) The Prosocial Behavioral Intentions Scale (PBIS) will be used to assess people's intentions to behave prosocially in the future. Each item will be rated on a 7-point Likert scale, ranging 1 (Definitely would not do this) to 7 (Definitely would do this). Higher scores indicate a higher level of prosocial intention.
Altruism Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up) Two items from Preference Survey Module (PSM) will be adapted to assess altruism. For example, one item is: "Imagine the following situation: you won 1,000 Euro in a lottery. Considering your current situation, how much would you donate to charity? (Values between 0 and 1000 are allowed)". Elevated scores on this item reflect a greater degree of altruistic.
Subjective happiness Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up) The Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) will be used to measure participants' subjective happiness. Each item will be rated on a 7-point Likert scale. Higher scores indicate a higher level of subjective happiness.
Prosocial behavior Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up) The Prosocialness Scale for Adults (PSA) will be used to measure prosocial behavior. Each item will be rated on a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 (never/almost never true) to 5 (almost always/always true). Higher scores indicate a higher level of prosocial behavior.
Attitudes toward helping others Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up) The Attitudes toward helping others scale (AHO) will be used to test attitudes towards helping others. Each item will be rated on a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Higher scores indicate more positive attitudes toward helping others.
Online prosocial behavior Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up) The Online Prosocial Behavior Scale (OPBS) will be used to measure online prosocial behavior. Each item will be rated on a 7-point Likert scale, ranging 1 (never) to 7 (always). Higher scores indicate a higher level of online prosocial behavior.
Empathy Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up) The Single Item Trait Empathy Scale (SITES) will be used to measure empathy. This item will be rated on a 7-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree), with a higher score indicates a higher level of empathy.
Mental health Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up) The Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) will be used to measure mental health. Each item will be rated on a 4-point Likert scale: "0" for "not at all," "1" for "several days," "2" for "more than half the days," and "3" for "nearly every day." Higher scores suggest a higher likelihood of experiencing significant depression and anxiety symptoms.
Self-esteem Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up) The Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSE) will be used to measure self-esteem. Each item will be rated on a 4-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 (strongly agree) to 4(strongly disagree). Higher scores indicate higher levels of self-esteem.
Affect Baseline (pre-intervention); immediately after the intervention (post-intervention); 1 month after intervention (follow-up) The Emmons Mood Indicator will used to measure affect. it measures two dimensions: Positive Affect and Negative Affect. Each item will be rated on a 7-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 (not at all) to 7 (extremely). Higher scores indicate a higher level of affect.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Feelings in the VR immediately after the intervention (post-intervention) Two items will be uesd to measure the sense of reality. Items are "I feel that the maze seemed very much like the one in the real world" and "The game scene made me feel like I was truly there".
Intervention satisfaction immediately after the intervention (post-intervention and only in the last week) The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 (CSQ-8) will used to test Intervention satisfaction. Each item will be rated on a 4-point Likert scale where "1" indicates the lowest degree of satisfaction and "4," the highest. Higher scores indicate higher intervention satisfaction.
Levels of difficulty immediately after the intervention (post-intervention) Two items will be used to measure the levels of difficulty. Items are "The game is very difficult" and "The game is too difficult to operate".
Levels of interest immediately after the intervention (post-intervention) Two items will be used to measure the levels of difficulty. Items are "This game is very interesting" and "I like this game".