Role-playing recovery in social virtual worlds: Adult use of child avatars as PTSD therapy

A study of a community of people with disabilities in a virtual world sheds new light on an important issue of health literacy that has to date remained underreported in the current body of research. Participants revealed a community of individuals who are adults role-playing via child avatars as a...

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Main Authors: Donna Davis, Stephen Alexanian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Update
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266699002300037X