Adolescents' perceptions and user experiences with a virtual reality-based alcohol prevention tool in Germany: A focus group study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Excessive alcohol consumption is a major public health problem, with substance use early in life contributing to higher levels of use later in life. Virtual reality (VR) is an innovative technology for alcohol prevention among adolescents that could solve the problem of insufficient outreach to the target group of young people. The co-created German Virtual LimitLab simulation is one of the few examples of VR-based alcohol prevention tools and consists of a virtual house party simulation. The aims of Virtual LimitLab are to increase the users' awareness of how social pressure can influence their own decision-making as well as to enable various actions and communication strategies in order to train competencies when dealing with alcohol. The present study th

SUBMITTER: Hrynyschyn R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10038231 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature