Boardgames as an innovative approach to promote life skills and well-being among inmates: A scoping review protocol

PLoS One. 2024 Feb 29;19(2):e0298728. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298728. eCollection 2024.

Abstract

Over the past few decades, a growing body of evidence has emerged regarding the positive impact of boardgames in promoting life skills and well-being in various settings including health, education, and military schooling. However, the use of boardgames with inmates for cultural and educational purposes is still an unexplored and fragmented area of research. Incorporating boardgames into correctional settings can be a complex challenge for correctional stakeholders who seek to identify innovative tools to enhance inmate education and promote integration into society after incarceration. This article outlines our scoping review protocol designed to map and evaluate published and grey literature on the motivational, psychological, and pedagogical considerations involved in the design and use of boardgames as an innovative approach to promoting life skills and well-being among inmates.

MeSH terms

  • Educational Status
  • Humans
  • Motivation
  • Prisoners* / psychology
  • Review Literature as Topic

Grants and funding

This work was supported by “Fondo di Ateneo per la Ricerca, 2020”, University of Sassari, Italy. The funders did not and will not have a role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. There was no additional external funding received for this study.