VR Training for Sexual Harassment
Newsweek covered 正品蓝导航 VR simulation, 鈥淢y Voice, My Choice,鈥 which utilizes a software program developed with 正品蓝导航鈥檚 award-winning Guildhall video gaming program.
Newsweek covered the research of 正品蓝导航 clinical psychologist and co-authors and . Simpson Rowe, an associate professor and graduate program co-director in the 正品蓝导航 , is lead author on the pilot study from 正品蓝导航.
The virtual-reality simulation component of “My Voice, My Choice” utilizes a software program developed by Jouriles and McDonald in conjunction with 正品蓝导航’s award-winning Guildhall video gaming program. Jouriles and McDonald are clinical psychologists in the 正品蓝导航 Psychology Department. Jouriles is professor and chair. McDonald is a professor and associate dean of research and academic affairs for
The study included 78 female students, ages 14-18, who were asked to fill out questionnaires related to their experiences with sexual violence and victimization. They were then split into two groups in which 42 participated in the “My Voice, My Choice” (MVMC) training program, while 36 remained in the control group and received no training. The 90-minute training discussed assertiveness and practiced skills in virtual simulation. Study results found that teen girls were less likely to report being sexually victimized after this assertiveness and VR resistance training.
Newsweek journalist Lauren Walker interviewed Simpson Rowe, who told Walker, “We don’t want to support victim blaming of any kind,” she said, “so what we emphasize instead are these are skills you can use to protect yourself, like locking your door…but the only person who is responsible for the occurrence of any kind of violence or victimization is the perpetrator.”
The Newsweek article, “” published Feb. 2.
