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Currently accepted at: JMIR Formative Research

Date Submitted: Nov 5, 2025
Open Peer Review Period: Nov 5, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025
Date Accepted: Jul 13, 2026
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This paper has been accepted and is currently in production.

It will appear shortly on 10.2196/87126

The final accepted version (not copyedited yet) is in this tab.

A Wise Intervention for Adolescents Who Purchase Loot Boxes (WISEBOx): Pilot Study

  • Joaquín González-Cabrera; 
  • Vanessa Caba-Machado; 
  • Francisco J Sanmartin; 
  • Juan Antonio Moriana; 
  • Teresa Galán-Luque; 
  • Juan Machimbarrena

ABSTRACT

Pretest–posttest pilot (n=38): WISEBOx reduced loot box purchasing at one month (32/38) and residual spending among those who continued purchasing. Further evidence is needed


 Citation

Please cite as:

González-Cabrera J, Caba-Machado V, Sanmartin FJ, Moriana JA, Galán-Luque T, Machimbarrena J

A Wise Intervention for Adolescents Who Purchase Loot Boxes (WISEBOx): Pilot Study

JMIR Formative Research. 13/07/2026:87126 (forthcoming/in press)

DOI: 10.2196/87126

URL: https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/87126

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