Prosocial video game as an intimate partner violence prevention tool among youth: A randomised controlled trial

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Highlights：

• The aim was to assess the effectiveness of a context-specific, prosocial video game – Jesse.

• The sample (N = 172) consisted of boys and girls randomly assigned to experimental and control group.

• The outcome measure consisted of affective and cognitive responsiveness (empathy) towards victims of IPV.

• A randomised controlled trial revealed a significant increase in affective responsiveness after exposure to game.

摘要

•The aim was to assess the effectiveness of a context-specific, prosocial video game – Jesse.•The sample (N = 172) consisted of boys and girls randomly assigned to experimental and control group.•The outcome measure consisted of affective and cognitive responsiveness (empathy) towards victims of IPV.•A randomised controlled trial revealed a significant increase in affective responsiveness after exposure to game.

论文关键词：Prosocial video game,Intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention,Affective and cognitive responsiveness,Youth,Randomised controlled trial,Caribbean

论文评审过程：Received 9 July 2018, Revised 11 December 2018, Accepted 16 December 2018, Available online 17 December 2018, Version of Record 22 December 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.12.028