Within the press conference held by Babeș-Bolyai University, through DATA Lab, regarding the launching the innovative REThink Life Game, Prof. Univ. Dr. Oana David offered a walk-through of the game and its main purpose of training emotional regulation skills. You can read the article in full here.

Launching of the REThink Life Game

Babeș-Bolyai University, through DATA Lab, recently hosted a press conference launching the innovative REThink Life Game, a 3D therapeutic game designed to train emotional regulation skills. Developed by Prof. Univ. Dr. Oana David in the DATA Lab, the game is part of the project “REThinkACADEMY: Helping universities in the effective care of students’ mental health in the digital age“, funded by the Ministry of Education.

You can read the articles featuring the game launching below:
https://transilvaniareporter.ro
https://stiintapentruviata.ro
https://cluj-am.ro
https://www.amosnews.ro
https://ziarulfaclia.ro
https://www.agerpres.ro
https://www.habitatcluj.ro

Press conference: Launching the online therapeutic game REThink Life Game

Babeș-Bolyai University invites you to participate in the press conference on the launch of the REThink Life Game therapeutic game. The REThink Life online game is a 3D therapeutic game that uses psychology to train specific emotional regulation skills. REThink Life Game is a stand-alone intervention with an integrated emotional skills assessment system. It is comprised of 4 levels, each training a distinct emotion regulation skill. The characters in the game are real, members of the lab, which helps to increase the ecological validity and difficulty within certain levels. Thus, the role of RETman, the guide in the game, is played by the rector of UBB, Prof. Univ. Dr. Daniel David, and the role of the Optimist who guides the implementation of skills in real life is played by the project director, Prof. Univ. Dr. Oana David. The game is developed in DATA Lab by Prof. Univ. Dr. Oana DAVID, based on a nationally funded research project called “REThinkACADEMY: Supporting universities to effectively care for students’ mental health in the digital age”. The project is financed by the Ministry of Education through the program for Increasing the competitiveness of the Romanian economy, the Demonstration Experimental Project subprogram, with a total budget of 598,495 LEI.

The event will take place on Monday, March 4, 2024, starting at 12:30 p.m., in the International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy building (AVALON building) on Republicii street no. 37. The press conference will have Prof. Univ. Dr. Oana David.

Dr. Oana David is an university professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, within the Babeș-Bolyai University, Director of the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health, the DATA laboratory and the Babeș-Bolyai PsyTech Clinic. Her research is focused on the effectiveness of technology-based tools for preventing emotional disturbances and stress in children, adolescents, and young adults. She has obtained 6 major research grants on the basis of which he developed the following technology-based therapeutic tools: the REThink therapeutic game, the stress management app PsyPills, the MoodWheel and StudentMood emotion monitoring apps, the online Rational and Positive Parenting Program, and the roboRETman mechatronic therapeutic device for training emotional skills in children.