Can Virtual Reality Increase the Realism of Role Plays Used to Teach College Women Sexual Coercion and Rape-Resistance Skills?

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-345

  Jouriles, Ernest N ^a   McDonald, Renee ^a   Kullowatz, Antje ^a   Rosenfield, David ^a   Gomez, Gabriella S ^a   Cuevas, Anthony ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RAPE; ROLE PLAYING; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE PLAYING; SEX OFFENSES; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 70350542791     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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