@article{ref1,
title="The spheres & shield maze task: a virtual reality serious game for the assessment of risk taking in decision making",
journal="Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking",
year="2020",
author="de-Juan-Ripoll, Carla and Soler-Domínguez, José L. and Chicchi Giglioli, Irene Alice and Contero, Manuel and Alcañiz, Mariano",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Risk taking (RT) is an essential component in decision-making process that depicts the propensity to make risky decisions. RT assessment has traditionally focused on self-report questionnaires. These classical tools have shown clear distance from real-life responses. Behavioral tasks assess human behavior with more fidelity, but still show some limitations related to transferability. A way to overcome these constraints is to take advantage from virtual reality (VR), to recreate real-simulated situations that might arise from performance-based assessments, supporting RT research. This article presents results of a pilot study in which 41 individuals explored a gamified VR environment: the Spheres & Shield Maze Task (SSMT). By eliciting implicit behavioral measures, we found relationships between scores obtained in the SSMT and self-reported risk-related constructs, as engagement in risky behaviors and marijuana consumption. We conclude that decontextualized Virtual Reality Serious Games are appropriate to assess RT, since they could be used as a cross-disciplinary tool to assess individuals' capabilities under the stealth assessment paradigm.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2152-2715",
doi="10.1089/cyber.2019.0761",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2019.0761"
}