Published on in Vol 18, No 4 (2016): April

Is Participatory Design Associated with the Effectiveness of Serious Digital Games for Healthy Lifestyle Promotion? A Meta-Analysis

Is Participatory Design Associated with the Effectiveness of Serious Digital Games for Healthy Lifestyle Promotion? A Meta-Analysis

Is Participatory Design Associated with the Effectiveness of Serious Digital Games for Healthy Lifestyle Promotion? A Meta-Analysis

Ann DeSmet   1 , , PhD ;   Debbe Thompson   2 , PhD ;   Tom Baranowski   2 , PhD ;   Antonio Palmeira   3 , PhD ;   Maïté Verloigne   1 , PhD ;   Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij   4 , PhD

1 Ghent University, Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Ghent, Belgium

2 Baylor College of Medicine, United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS) Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX, United States

3 University of Lisbon, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports and Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Human Performance (CIPER) – Faculty of Human Movement, Lisbon, Portugal

4 Clinical and Health Psychology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Corresponding Author:

  • Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, PhD
  • Clinical and Health Psychology
  • Université Libre de Bruxelles
  • Franklin Rooseveltlaan 50
  • Brussels, 1050
  • Belgium
  • Phone: 32 92646311
  • Fax: 32 92646484
  • Email: ilse.debourdeaudhuij@ugent.be