Research title:
The effectiveness of gamified virtual reality for increasing adherence to exercise, affecting perceived exertion and improving mental and physical health: A preliminary study
Any feedback/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've also considered splitting this into multiple papers, however I feel that these variables are all interlinked.
Not necessarily too complex... just too much jargon.... you can try something more simple like this:
A preliminary investigation into the effects of virtual reality videogame play on exercise adherence, ratings of perceived exertion, and mental and physical health
.... or if you have the results then you can change the title to reflect that. Using the terms "effect" or "effectiveness" is ambiguous... does is improve, enhance, increase... etc.!? If so, then you can adjust the title accordingly. Good luck!
Not necessarily too complex... just too much jargon.... you can try something more simple like this:
A preliminary investigation into the effects of virtual reality videogame play on exercise adherence, ratings of perceived exertion, and mental and physical health
.... or if you have the results then you can change the title to reflect that. Using the terms "effect" or "effectiveness" is ambiguous... does is improve, enhance, increase... etc.!? If so, then you can adjust the title accordingly. Good luck!
I would divide the whole title into 3 sentences, for better readability.
The effectiveness of gamified virtual reality.
A preliminary study to increase adherence to exercise.
The improvement of mental and physical health by affecting perceived exertion.
Presence of jargons made the problem statement complex, but it seems okat with me. Good Luck!
What journal, by the way? In case it's highly specialized, the title is ok.
However, for general audience of scholars it's better to use one suggested by Dr. Paul Hafen
Thank you all for your answers. Anastasia Peshkovskaya I am not writing for any particular journal as of yet, although the frontiers in virtual reality - human behavior journal may be a good fit for my paper. At the moment I am working with a title based upon Paul Hafen 's recommendation: A preliminary investigation into the effects of gamified virtual reality on exercise adherence, ratings of perceived exertion, and mental and physical health
In regard to writing the title, the guidance/illustrations as per the following papers may further help:
- Bavdekar, S. B. (2016) Formulating the Right Title for a Research Article, Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, 64, 1, pp. 53-56.
- Grant, M. J. (2013) Editorial: What makes a good title?, Health Information and Libraries Journal, 30, 4, pp. 259-260.
- Hays, J. C. (2010) Editorial: Eight recommendations for writing titles of scientific manuscripts, Public health nursing, 27, 2, pp. 101-103.
- Mack, C. A. (2012) Editorial - How to write a good scientific paper: title, abstract, and keywords, Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS, 11, 2, pp. 1-4.
- Paiva, C. E., Lima, J. P. d. S. N. and Paiva, B. S. R. (2012) Articles with short titles describing the results are cited more often, Clinics, 67, 5, pp. 509-513.
- Van Damme, H. and Michel, L. (2007) Editorial: Fifteen Steps to developing an effective Title, Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 107, 5, p. 494.
The effectiveness of virtual games in increasing adherence to exercise: A Preliminary Study.
Perceived exertion, and mental and physical health based on effectiveness of virtual games in increasing adherence to exercise.
That's pretty clear for me! But if you have more compact terminologies to represent the dependent variables, that would be better. I always get in trouble for this. Good luck with your study!
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