The players’ perspective of Reach Out Central : a therapeutic interactive online game Shandley, Kerrie, Klein, Britt and Austin, David 2008, The players’ perspective of Reach Out Central : a therapeutic interactive online game, E-journal of applied psychology : clinical and social issues, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 51-55, doi: 10.7790/ejap.v4i2.132. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads austin-playersperspective-2008.pdf Published version application/pdf 75.81KB 238 Title The players’ perspective of Reach Out Central : a therapeutic interactive online game Author(s) Shandley, Kerrie Klein, Britt Austin, David orcid.org/0000-0002-1296-3555 Journal name E-journal of applied psychology : clinical and social issues Volume number 4 Issue number 2 Start page 51 End page 55 Total pages 5 Publisher Swinburne University of Technology Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Publication date 2008 ISSN 1832-7931 Keyword(s) young people mental health internet online game Summary Therapeutic online games are potentially a valuable way of improving the mental health of young people. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the qualitative component of a formal evaluation conducted on Reach Out Central (ROC), an online game for 16-25 year olds which aims to improve mental health. Participants completing a post-program survey from the evaluation (n=154) were required to respond to two open-ended questions; what they liked most, and least, about ROC. Responses indicate that online games can be a successful way of educating, as well as attracting and engaging, young people. Suggestions are made regarding issues future developers should take into consideration when developing programs of a similar nature. Language eng DOI 10.7790/ejap.v4i2.132 Field of Research 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C2.1 Other contribution to refereed journal Copyright notice ©2008, Swinburne University of Technology, Faculty of Life and Social Sciences Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30052230 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 01 May 2013, 14:13:15 EST Wed, 01 May 2013, 16:01:33 EST Fri, 10 May 2013, 10:48:49 EST Wed, 05 Feb 2014, 12:45:22 EST Fri, 09 May 2014, 14:15:38 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:40:28 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 16:29:06 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 150 Abstract Views, 238 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 01 May 2013, 14:13:15 EST