使用虚拟现实技术防止大学生滥用药物和暴力:试点和可行性研究
Kenneth W Griffin1, Gilbert J Botvin2,3, Christopher Williams2,4
1Department of Global and Community Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
Health informatics journal
|October 14, 2024
概括
虚拟现实 (VR) 有效地提高了大学生的生活技能和反暴力态度. 这项创新技术提供了一个引人入胜的平台,用于实践对毒品使用和暴力的关键预防策略.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 教育技术的教育技术
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 大学学生中高水平的吸毒和暴力行为需要新的预防策略.
- 引人入胜和创新的技术对于有效的学生行为改变干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 开发和试点测试虚拟现实 (VR) 技术,用于在大学生中练习认知行为技能.
- 评估VR原型的可行性,相关性和吸引力,以预防健康风险行为.
主要方法:
- 大学学生参与电子学习模块和沉浸式VR原型.
- 虚拟现实模块专注于练习认知行为技能,如自信沟通,谈判和冲突解决.
- 前测试和后测试评估测量了生活技能知识和态度的变化.
主要成果:
- 观察到生活技能知识和反暴力态度的显著增加.
- 学生和教育工作者发现VR原型是可行的,相关的,有吸引力的,有吸引力的和创新的.
- 反突出了需要改进的领域,包括各种场景和响应选择.
结论:
- 虚拟现实场景显示希望作为提高生活技能的有效策略.
- 虚拟现实技术可以帮助大学生预防健康风险行为.
- 基于积极的试点发现,VR干预措施的进一步发展是有必要的.
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