ONYA - The Wellbeing Game:: How to Use Gamification to Promote Wellbeing

Daniel Tolks; Michael Sailer; Kevin Dadaczynski; Claudia Lampert; Julia  Huberty; Peter Paulus; David Horstmann

doi:10.3390/info10020058

ONYA - The Wellbeing Game: How to Use Gamification to Promote Wellbeing

Daniel Tolks
, Michael Sailer
, Kevin Dadaczynski
, Claudia Lampert
, Julia Huberty
, Peter Paulus
, David Horstmann

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

16 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The Wellbeing Game uses game design elements to promote wellbeing. Players document their daily activities in the game and categorize them to one or more of five wellbeing-related factors. The users join teams and can create team events to work together and improve their wellbeing status. The present study aims to review the application and the theoretical base of 'TheWellbeing Game', to adapt it to the German context, and to evaluate its health effects in different settings. Additional aims are to analyze the current state of research regarding the links between health, wellbeing, and gamification and to identify crucial game design elements that have to be implemented in the application in order to address the needs of competence, autonomy, and social relatedness according to the self-determination theory.

Original language	English
Article number	58
Journal	Information
Volume	10
Issue number	2
Number of pages	7
ISSN	2078-2489
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/info10020058
Publication status	Published - 12.02.2019

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Funding: The project is funded by the Federal Centre for Health Education within the German Federal Ministry of Health.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the authors.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Research areas and keywords

Health sciences
E-health
Gamification
Health
Mental health
self-determination theory
Wellbeing
Wellbeing game

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Information Systems

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10.3390/info10020058Licence: CC BY

Wohlbefinden mit Gamification stärken - Bildungsqualität der Schulen fördern
Paulus, P. (Project manager, academic), Tolks, D. (Project staff) & Förster, M. (Project staff)
Federal Institute of Public Health
01.08.21 → 31.05.24
Project: Research

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