Gamification Design Elements to Enhance Adolescent Motivation in Diagnosing Depression

Gamification Design Elements to Enhance Adolescent Motivation in Diagnosing Depression

adolescent depression

adolescent motivation

gamification

model development

human-computer interaction

Depression is a critical public health problem, mainly when it affects young people (adolescents). This condition is most challenging to detect in this group because they tend to think about other people's negative assumptions. Adolescents with depressive symptoms refuse to seek professional help due to their stigma and their future if they were labeled as depressed teenagers. Depression is a severe mental issue that should be detected from an early stage so that the problem can be curbed and resolved immediately. Diagnosis should be carried out to assess mental health, followed by referral to professional help. This study aims to motivate adolescents to diagnose depression levels through gamification techniques. Fifty-three secondary students participated in a survey designed in this study to measure motivation enhancement factors. The result of this study was used to develop a depression diagnosis model. The proposed model applied a gamification design technique consisting of three main ideas: gamification elements, user types, and motivational elements. This model will serve as the foundation to develop a mobile application system that can benefit users, especially adolescents, in self-diagnosing depression.

Jamaludin, Nurul Fasihah

Tengku Wook, Tengku Siti Meriam

Mat Noor, Siti Fadzilah

Qamar, Faizan

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM); Vol. 15 No. 10 (2021); pp. 154-172

1865-7923

International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria

2021-05-25

Copyright (c) 2021 Nurul Fasihah Jamaludin, Tengku Siti Meriam Tengku Wook, Siti Fadzilah Mat Noor, Faizan Qamar

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