roepke resilience panel presentation at g4 h
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Ann Marie Roepke's presentation at the Robert Wood Johnson Games for Health 2012 conference - panel on Resilience and Gaming.TRANSCRIPT
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After Things Fall ApartWhat Science Says About
Resilience, Recovery, and Growth
Ann Marie RoepkeUniversity of Pennsylvania
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No pain, no gain
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Post-Traumatic Growth
Stress-Related Growth
Benefit-Finding
Adversarial Growth
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Why do people… …get stuck?
…bounce back?
…grow stronger?
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Dr. Martin Seligman
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Positive Psychology
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Positive Psychology
ClinicalPsychology
You are here
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Key Concepts
Growth
ResilienceRecovery
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Post-traumatic growth (PTG) = positive psychological changes that can result from struggling with adversity.
PTG ≠ the opposite of distress. Growth and distress can co-exist.
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Resilience = a set of processes that enables good outcomes in spite of serious threats
(Masten, 2001)
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Invulnerable Children(Resilience 1.0)
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“Ordinary Magic”
• Everyone has the potential to experience greater resilience.
• Most people are pretty resilient already.
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What Predicts Resilience?
• Emotional regulation• Causal analysis• Self-efficacy• Realistic optimism• Interpersonal skills• Flexibility• Sense of meaning• Social support• Active coping & problem-solving
(Reivich, Seligman, & McBride, 2011)
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What Predicts Growth?
acceptance (.20)
positive reappraisal (.38)religious coping (.38)
optimism (.27)social support (.26)
religiosity (.17)
spirituality (.23) denial (.16)
perceived threat (.14)
(Helgeson et al., 2010)(Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009)(effect sizes, r, in parentheses)
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What Do Games Have to Do With It?
• Building • Connecting • Engaging• …and doing so on a massive scale
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Where do we go from here?
• Test games (to what standard?)• Team up (how?)
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Empirically Supported Treatments(in clinical psychology)
• Tested in two (independent) randomized controlled trials
• The intervention works better than the control (or works as well as the established practice)
• Trials include (a) a manual/protocol; (b) an appropriate population; (c) reliable, valid outcome measures; (d) the right stats
More details available in Chambless & Hollon, 1998
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Awesome design
Awesome science
Big-impact GAMES
FOR HEALTH
Teaming up
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Thank You!Ann Marie RoepkeUniversity of Pennsylvania
November 5-6, 2012www.gamesforhealtheurope.org
June 12-1, 2013Boston, MA
www.annmarieroepke.comComing soon: www.growthinitiative.com
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Our Panel
Jane McGonigalLayton McCurdy
Ben SawyerAnn Marie (Annie) Roepke
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