EmoTIChealth A Serious Game to Support Emotional Development and Health in Adolescents Ages 12 to 16 with and without Chronic Conditions

What this Trial Is About

This research aims to promote psycho-emotional health and well-being in adolescents aged 12 to 16, including those with chronic conditions like asthma, food allergy, type 1 diabetes, and allergic rhinitis. It focuses on developing socioemotional skills and resilience during a key developmental stage marked by life transitions. The study evaluates a serious game that supports healthy development and helps prevent future emotional difficulties by combining universal health promotion with tailored support for adolescents facing additional psychological challenges. The intervention uses the EmoTIChealth technological platform, which delivers a serious game designed to teach important skills across six thematic areas psychoeducation, emotional awareness and expression, emotional regulation, problem solving, self-esteem and identity, and social skills and communication. The game adapts using artificial intelligence to provide personalized activities and feedback based on each adolescents profile and needs. Participants act as their own controls in a waiting list design, with initial assessments, followed by a four-week intervention period playing the game, and then post-treatment assessment. Participants will complete evaluations at three time points an initial baseline, a reassessment after four weeks before starting the game, and a final assessment after four weeks of game play. These assessments measure changes in quality of life, emotional and behavioral problems, emotional competencies, self-concept, coping, social skills, perception of disease threat, resilience, health habits, and emotional state. The study involves regular monitoring over about eight weeks to track improvements and gather participant feedback, providing insights into the games impact on adolescent health.

EmoTIChealth: Promoting Adolescent Health Through a Serious Game.