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Author :
Pentz, M., A.; Hieftje, K., D.; Pendergrass, T., M.; Brito, S., A.; Liu, M.; Arora, T.; Tindle, H., A; Krishnan Sarin, S.; Fiellin, L., E.

Title


A videogame intervention for tobacco product use prevention in adolescents.

Reference :


Pentz, M. A., Hieftje, K. D., Pendergrass, T. M., Brito, S. A., Liu, M., Arora, T., ... & Fiellin, L. E. (2019). A videogame intervention for tobacco product use prevention in adolescents. Addictive behaviors, 91, 188-192.

Link to article https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.11.016
Abstract Purpose: This pilot study evaluated the short-term effects of an interactive videogame on changing adolescent knowledge, beliefs and risk perceptions, and intentions to use e-cigarettes, cigarettes, and other tobacco products. A secondary aim was to evaluate players' game experience. Methods: Participants (N=80 11–14 year olds) were recruited from 7 community-based afterschool programs in New Haven, Connecticut and Los Angeles, California. The design was a single group pre-post design with replication. A pre-test survey was administered that included demographic variables and knowledge, risk perceptions, beliefs, and intentions to use e-cigarettes, cigarettes, and other tobacco products. An interactive videogame focusing on risky tobacco use situations was subsequently played in four 60-min sessions over a fourweek period, followed by a post-test survey. Analyses included paired t-tests of pre-post videogame change, regression analyses, and path analyses testing mediational effects of beliefs and risk perceptions on the relationship between knowledge and intentions. Results: The videogame changed knowledge of e-cigarettes and other tobacco products (p's



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Visual Arts 0.0000
Performing Arts 0.0003
Audiovisual and Multimedia 0.9994
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