Towards serious game-based interventions for the treatment of childhood trauma

Authors

  • Simon Mayr Sigmund Freud PrivatUniversität
  • Brigitte Sindelar Sigmund Freud PrivatUniversität Wien
  • Paolo Petta Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies Freyung 6/6, A 1010 Vienna, Austria (EU)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15135/2013.1.1.55-63

Abstract

Serious games use video game technology to deliver interactive worlds in support of a wide range of application areas. The vivid interest in the use of serious games in military and commercial settings stands in stark contrast to the paucity of empirical studies focused on game-based psychotherapy. We discuss the possibility and prerequisites of a serious game aimed at the support of individualized interventions to children suffering from childhood trauma.

Author Biographies

  • Simon Mayr, Sigmund Freud PrivatUniversität

    Simon Mayr is doctoral student at the Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna and co-founder of the ISGinnovations Research and Development Centre for Serious Games in Vienna, Austria (EU)

  • Brigitte Sindelar, Sigmund Freud PrivatUniversität Wien

    Brigitte Sindelar is Vice Rector for Research at SFU, head of the ethic committee, member of the Board for Training in Individual Psychology at SFU as well as training analyst in Individual Psychology. She is specialised in Children and Adolescent Psychotherapy. 

  • Paolo Petta, Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies Freyung 6/6, A 1010 Vienna, Austria (EU)

    Paolo Petta is head of the Intelligent Software Agents and New Media Group at the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Vienna.

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2013-06-01

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