RT Article
T1 Domestic Violence From a Child Perspective: Impact of an Immersive Virtual Reality Experience on Men With a History of Intimate Partner Violent Behavior
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 38
IS 3/4
SP 2654
OP 2682
A1 Seinfeld, Sofia
A1 Hortensius, Ruud
A1 Arroyo-Palacios, Jorge
A1 Iruretagoyena, Guillermo
A1 Zapata, Luis E.
A1 de Gelder, Beatrice
A1 Slater, Mel
A1 Sanchez-Vives, Maria V.
A2 Hortensius, Ruud
A2 Arroyo-Palacios, Jorge
A2 Iruretagoyena, Guillermo
A2 Zapata, Luis E.
A2 de Gelder, Beatrice
A2 Slater, Mel
A2 Sanchez-Vives, Maria V.
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/183216179X
AB Domestic violence has long-term negative consequences on children. In this study, men with a history of partner aggression and a control group of non-offenders were embodied in a child’s body from a first-person perspective in virtual reality (VR). From this perspective, participants witnessed a scene of domestic violence where a male avatar assaulted a female avatar. We evaluated the impact of the experience on emotion recognition skills and heart rate deceleration responses. We found that the experience mainly impacted the recognition of angry facial expressions. The results also indicate that males with a history of partner aggression had larger physiological responses during an explicit violent event (when the virtual abuser threw a telephone) compared with controls, while their physiological reactions were less pronounced when the virtual abuser invaded the victim’s personal space. We show that embodiment from a child’s perspective during a conflict situation in VR impacts emotion recognition, physiological reactions, and attitudes towards violence. We provide initial evidence of the potential of VR in the rehabilitation and neuropsychological assessment of males with a history of domestic violence, especially in relation to children.
K1 Empathy
K1 Children
K1 Perspective-taking
K1 Domestic Violence
K1 Embodiment
K1 Virtual Reality
DO 10.1177/08862605221106130