Let Your Clients Fight Dragons: A Rapid Evidence Assessment regarding the Therapeutic Utility of ‘Dungeons & Dragons’
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With an increasing public interest in the roleplaying game ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ (D&D) comes claim it holds psychological benefits. While therapeutic roleplay is empirically well established, evidence surrounding D&D unclear. The current study aims to summarize literature pertaining this topic and present possible avenues for implementation of interventions. A Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) was conducted following standards by Centre Evidence-Based Management. Relevant search strings were entered seven databases (e.g., PsycArticles, PsycInfo, Child Development Adolescent Studies). Only papers published English language till September 2020 considered their quality appraised. thematic analysis 13 studies yielded four themes: No unified personality type players, stakeholders’ attitude about D&D, lack maladaptive coping associated with potential benefits D&D. results appear promising, but preliminary. Practical implications are contextualized wider literature.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Creativity in Mental Health
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1540-1383', '1540-1391']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15401383.2021.1987367