TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - The spheres & shield maze task: a virtual reality serious game for the assessment of risk taking in decision making
JO  - Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking
A1  - de-Juan-Ripoll, Carla
A1  - Soler-Domínguez, José L.
A1  - Chicchi Giglioli, Irene Alice
A1  - Contero, Manuel
A1  - Alcañiz, Mariano
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2152-2715
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2019.0761
ID  - ref1
ER  -