Co-Op World: Adaptive computer game for supporting child psychotherapy

This paper introduces the Co-Op World computer game for supporting child psychotherapy. The game involves a virtual AI-based player and a human player, thus facilitating repeated interactions for requesting help from one another. The therapist, who is not part of the interaction, can then focus on r...

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Autores principales:	Sarit Alkalay, Avivit Dolev, Chen Rozenshtein, David Sarne
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2020
Materias:	Reciprocity Social skills Computer games Psychotherapy Children Electronic computers. Computer science QA75.5-76.95 Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9a8161544133432081c58c21f16de68e2021-12-01T05:03:24ZCo-Op World: Adaptive computer game for supporting child psychotherapy2451-958810.1016/j.chbr.2020.100028https://doaj.org/article/9a8161544133432081c58c21f16de68e2020-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451958820300282https://doaj.org/toc/2451-9588This paper introduces the Co-Op World computer game for supporting child psychotherapy. The game involves a virtual AI-based player and a human player, thus facilitating repeated interactions for requesting help from one another. The therapist, who is not part of the interaction, can then focus on reciprocity aspects emerging from playing the game, either in real-time by discussing different considerations for providing or refusing to help, or offline through a set of supporting tools (e.g., reports). One critically innovative aspect of the system is that, unlike with traditional computer games or traditional therapy, our game offers the therapist a-priori control over the behavior of the virtual player, facilitating various kinds of targeted reciprocity-related interactions between the patient and the virtual player. This capability of offering appropriate social communication challenges via the game has various advantages, as discussed throughout the paper. As a proof of concept, the game was tested in psychotherapy with four school-aged children. The case studies reveal high acceptance of the game among the users, as well as a varied set of behavioral strategies that the children adopted. The insights gained point to various directions for future development and research.Sarit AlkalayAvivit DolevChen RozenshteinDavid SarneElsevierarticleReciprocitySocial skillsComputer gamesPsychotherapyChildrenElectronic computers. Computer scienceQA75.5-76.95PsychologyBF1-990ENComputers in Human Behavior Reports, Vol 2, Iss , Pp 100028- (2020)
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topic	Reciprocity Social skills Computer games Psychotherapy Children Electronic computers. Computer science QA75.5-76.95 Psychology BF1-990
spellingShingle	Reciprocity Social skills Computer games Psychotherapy Children Electronic computers. Computer science QA75.5-76.95 Psychology BF1-990 Sarit Alkalay Avivit Dolev Chen Rozenshtein David Sarne Co-Op World: Adaptive computer game for supporting child psychotherapy
description	This paper introduces the Co-Op World computer game for supporting child psychotherapy. The game involves a virtual AI-based player and a human player, thus facilitating repeated interactions for requesting help from one another. The therapist, who is not part of the interaction, can then focus on reciprocity aspects emerging from playing the game, either in real-time by discussing different considerations for providing or refusing to help, or offline through a set of supporting tools (e.g., reports). One critically innovative aspect of the system is that, unlike with traditional computer games or traditional therapy, our game offers the therapist a-priori control over the behavior of the virtual player, facilitating various kinds of targeted reciprocity-related interactions between the patient and the virtual player. This capability of offering appropriate social communication challenges via the game has various advantages, as discussed throughout the paper. As a proof of concept, the game was tested in psychotherapy with four school-aged children. The case studies reveal high acceptance of the game among the users, as well as a varied set of behavioral strategies that the children adopted. The insights gained point to various directions for future development and research.
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author	Sarit Alkalay Avivit Dolev Chen Rozenshtein David Sarne
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title	Co-Op World: Adaptive computer game for supporting child psychotherapy
title_short	Co-Op World: Adaptive computer game for supporting child psychotherapy
title_full	Co-Op World: Adaptive computer game for supporting child psychotherapy
title_fullStr	Co-Op World: Adaptive computer game for supporting child psychotherapy
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Co-Op World: Adaptive computer game for supporting child psychotherapy

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