A serious game-based solution to prevent bullying

Cátia Raminhos; Ana Paula Cláudio; Maria Beatriz Carmo; Susana Carvalhosa; Maria De Jesus Candeias; Augusta Gaspar

doi:10.1145/2837126.2837135

A serious game-based solution to prevent bullying

Cátia Raminhos
, Ana Paula Cláudio
, Maria Beatriz Carmo
, Susana Carvalhosa
, Maria De Jesus Candeias
, Augusta Gaspar

Faculty of Human Sciences

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

15 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

This paper presents a Serious Game with the main purpose of inducing attitude changes as a way to prevent bullying. The target audience are young people between 10 and 12 years old. The rationale for prevention is: first, to help victims of these aggressive episodes to improve behavioral competence to avoid or to deal with future real bullying situations; and, second, to promote in the bystanders empathy towards the victims. The user studies we have performed lead us to the conclusion that the current solution has potential in bullying prevention while being a therapy auxiliary tool. The Serious Game was appreciated by young people who, after playing the game in a continuous time span, reportedly acquired bullying prevention strategies. The BackOffice application, a distinctive feature of our solution when compared to other similar solutions, was also evaluated, and was positively assessed by the psychologists who tried it.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MoMM 2015
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia
Editors	Liming Chen, Matthias Steinbauer, Ismail Khalil, Gabriele Anderst-Kotsis
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	63-72
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450334938
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2837126.2837135
Publication status	Published - 11 Dec 2015
Event	13th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia, MoMM 2015 - Brussels, Belgium Duration: 11 Dec 2015 → 13 Dec 2015

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia

Conference

Conference	13th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia, MoMM 2015
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Brussels
Period	11/12/15 → 13/12/15

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Bullying
Bystanders
Platform game
Serious game
Unity 3D
Victims

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Raminhos, C., Cláudio, A. P., Carmo, M. B., Carvalhosa, S., De Jesus Candeias, M., & Gaspar, A. (2015). A serious game-based solution to prevent bullying. In L. Chen, M. Steinbauer, I. Khalil, & G. Anderst-Kotsis (Eds.), MoMM 2015: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia (pp. 63-72). (Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/2837126.2837135

Raminhos, Cátia ; Cláudio, Ana Paula ; Carmo, Maria Beatriz et al. / A serious game-based solution to prevent bullying. MoMM 2015: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia. editor / Liming Chen ; Matthias Steinbauer ; Ismail Khalil ; Gabriele Anderst-Kotsis. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2015. pp. 63-72 (Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia).

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Raminhos, C, Cláudio, AP, Carmo, MB, Carvalhosa, S, De Jesus Candeias, M & Gaspar, A 2015, A serious game-based solution to prevent bullying. in L Chen, M Steinbauer, I Khalil & G Anderst-Kotsis (eds), MoMM 2015: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 63-72, 13th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia, MoMM 2015, Brussels, Belgium, 11/12/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2837126.2837135

A serious game-based solution to prevent bullying. / Raminhos, Cátia; Cláudio, Ana Paula; Carmo, Maria Beatriz et al.
MoMM 2015: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia. ed. / Liming Chen; Matthias Steinbauer; Ismail Khalil; Gabriele Anderst-Kotsis. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2015. p. 63-72 (Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia).

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Raminhos C, Cláudio AP, Carmo MB, Carvalhosa S, De Jesus Candeias M, Gaspar A. A serious game-based solution to prevent bullying. In Chen L, Steinbauer M, Khalil I, Anderst-Kotsis G, editors, MoMM 2015: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2015. p. 63-72. (Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia). doi: 10.1145/2837126.2837135

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