Serious game for relationships and sex education (RSE): Promoting discourse on pressure and coercion in adolescent relationships

Sylvester Arnab; Katherine Brown; Samantha Clarke; B. Judd; R. King; Puja Joshi; Katie Newby; Julie Bayley

Serious game for relationships and sex education (RSE): Promoting discourse on pressure and coercion in adolescent relationships

Sylvester Arnab
, Katherine Brown
, Samantha Clarke
, B. Judd
, R. King
, Puja Joshi
, Katie Newby
, Julie Bayley

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Abstract

Pressure and coercion in adolescence relationship can lead to adverse psychological and physical health outcomes. Eliminating coercive sexual experiences for young people is one of the aims of delivering good quality Relationships and Sex Education (RSE). Engaging young people on sensitive subjects can however be challenging, and using interactive technology such as games may provide a more conducive platform for educators and young people within a classroom setting. This paper describes the on-going development and evaluation of a serious game (SG) to raise awareness on experiences of sexual coercion. This involves an iterative process that draws on stakeholder engagement and the theory and evidence base for what works, to support health improvement intervention planning. SG developers took the game concept plan and transformed it into an interactive game show, led by a teacher or facilitator to engage students in game play and discussion around the issue of sexual coercion. The final product known as PR:EPARe (Positive Relationships: Eliminating Coercion and Pressure in Adolescent Relationships) is currently the subject of a cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) in local schools. Early data analysis shows that the learners are engaged with the game with potential contribution to psychological preparedness to deal with sexual coercion. This work represents the first attempt to use of Serious Gaming for RSE delivery.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Games Based Learning ECGBL 2012
Editors	P. Felicia
Place of Publication	Reading
Publisher	Academic Publishing International
Pages	611-614
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781908272706
ISBN (Print)	9781908272690 , 9781627480680
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	6th European Conference on Games Based Learning, ECGBL 2012 - Cork, Ireland Duration: 4 Oct 2012 → 5 Oct 2012

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning
ISSN (Print)	2049-0992

Conference

Conference	6th European Conference on Games Based Learning, ECGBL 2012
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Cork
Period	4/10/12 → 5/10/12

Bibliographical note

The full text of this item is not available from the repository. The conference was held 4-5 October 2012,
University College Cork and the Waterford Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland.

Keywords

Adolescents
Intervention mapping
Relationships sex education
Serious game
Sexual coercion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Control and Systems Engineering
Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Artificial Intelligence

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Arnab, S., Brown, K., Clarke, S., Judd, B., King, R., Joshi, P., Newby, K., & Bayley, J. (2012). Serious game for relationships and sex education (RSE): Promoting discourse on pressure and coercion in adolescent relationships. In P. Felicia (Ed.), Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Games Based Learning ECGBL 2012 (pp. 611-614). (Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning). Academic Publishing International. http://academic-conferences.org/ecgbl/ecgbl2013/ecgbl12-proceedings.htm

Serious game for relationships and sex education (RSE): Promoting discourse on pressure and coercion in adolescent relationships. / Arnab, Sylvester; Brown, Katherine; Clarke, Samantha et al.
Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Games Based Learning ECGBL 2012. ed. / P. Felicia. Reading: Academic Publishing International, 2012. p. 611-614 (Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Arnab, S, Brown, K, Clarke, S, Judd, B, King, R, Joshi, P, Newby, K & Bayley, J 2012, Serious game for relationships and sex education (RSE): Promoting discourse on pressure and coercion in adolescent relationships. in P Felicia (ed.), Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Games Based Learning ECGBL 2012. Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning, Academic Publishing International, Reading, pp. 611-614, 6th European Conference on Games Based Learning, ECGBL 2012, Cork, Ireland, 4/10/12. <http://academic-conferences.org/ecgbl/ecgbl2013/ecgbl12-proceedings.htm>

Arnab S, Brown K, Clarke S, Judd B, King R, Joshi P et al. Serious game for relationships and sex education (RSE): Promoting discourse on pressure and coercion in adolescent relationships. In Felicia P, editor, Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Games Based Learning ECGBL 2012. Reading: Academic Publishing International. 2012. p. 611-614. (Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning).

Arnab, Sylvester ; Brown, Katherine ; Clarke, Samantha et al. / Serious game for relationships and sex education (RSE) : Promoting discourse on pressure and coercion in adolescent relationships. Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Games Based Learning ECGBL 2012. editor / P. Felicia. Reading : Academic Publishing International, 2012. pp. 611-614 (Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning).

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