Can Intergroup Contact in Virtual Reality (VR) Reduce Stigmatization Against People with Schizophrenia?

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dc.contributor.authorStelzmann, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorToth, Roland
dc.contributor.authorSchieferdecker, David
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-26T16:17:31Z
dc.date.available2024-01-26T16:17:31Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractPeople with mental disorders such as schizophrenia do not only suffer from the symptoms of their disorders but also from the stigma attached to it. Although direct intergroup contact is an effective tool to reduce stigmatization, it is rare in real life and costly to be established in interventions, and the success of traditional media campaigns is debatable. We propose Virtual Reality (VR) as a low-threshold alternative for establishing contact since it involves less barriers for affected and unaffected persons. In a 2 + 1 experiment (n = 114), we compared the effects of encounters with a person with schizophrenia through a VR video with contact through a regular video and no contact at all on anxiety, empathy, social proximity, and benevolence towards people with schizophrenia. We found that contact via VR reduced stigmatization only for participants who liked the person encountered. Our data suggest that it is crucial how participants evaluate the person that they encounter and that stronger perception of spatial presence during reception plays an important role, too. Therefore, we discussvarious boundary conditions that need to be considered in VR interventions and future research on destigmatization towards mental disorders, especially schizophrenia.en
dc.identifier.citationStelzmann, D., Toth, R., & Schieferdecker, D. (2021). Can Intergroup Contact in Virtual Reality (VR) Reduce Stigmatization Against People with Schizophrenia? Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(13). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10132961
dc.identifier.issn2077-0383
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/477
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectstigma
dc.subjectschizophrenia
dc.subjectmental disorders
dc.subjectvirtual reality (VR)
dc.subjectintergroup contact
dc.titleCan Intergroup Contact in Virtual Reality (VR) Reduce Stigmatization Against People with Schizophrenia?
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.3390/jcm10132961
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue13
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleJournal of Clinical Medicine
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.urlhttps://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10132961
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume10
local.researchgroupDigital Citizenship
local.researchtopicDemokratie – Partizipation – Öffentlichkeit
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