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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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  • Parenting effectiveness is linked to parental perspective-taking and empathy.
  • Adaptive child functioning relies on sensitive and constructive parenting.
  • Previous methods for assessing empathy lack immersive qualities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the impact of immersive virtual reality (VR) on parental perspective-taking and empathy.
  • To investigate parental emotional and physiological responses within a simulated child's experience.
  • To explore the potential of VR as a tool for enhancing parenting skills.

Main Methods:

  • A pilot study involving 20 non-high-risk Spanish mothers.
  • Mothers were virtually embodied as 4-year-old children using immersive VR.
  • Participants interacted with a mother avatar exhibiting positive or negative responses, with synchronized body movements.

Main Results:

  • Mothers reported a strong body ownership illusion for the virtual child.
  • Experiencing negative maternal behavior in VR significantly increased empathy and feelings of fear.
  • Physiological data revealed elevated stress levels in the negative interaction condition compared to the positive condition.

Conclusions:

  • Immersive VR can effectively induce perspective-taking and enhance empathy in parents.
  • Negative simulated maternal interactions heighten emotional and physiological stress responses.
  • VR-based empathy training holds potential for improving parenting behaviors and child developmental outcomes.