VR4React - Reducing Reactive Aggression through Virtual Reality

<< Objectives >>VR4React aims to contribute to reducing reactive aggression in prison by:- Train prison educators and psychologists to deliver the VR psychoeducational intervention to reduce aggressive behaviours of inmates with a history of reactive aggression. It seeks to promote inmates’ ability to adopt prosocial and adaptative behaviours when facing triggering situations.- Capacitate prison officers with skills and competencies to handle reactive aggressive behaviours among inmates more effectively.<< Implementation >>VR4React intends to design, create and implement a twofold approach intervention programme, on the scope thematic and intervention of reactive aggression, by:TRAINING- creating and psychoeducational intervention programme using VR, for inmates, and capacitating psychologists and prison educators to deliver it;- creating a technology-enhanced training (using VR) to capacity building of prison guards.ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS- Stakeholders Discussion Events.- Final conference<< Results >>The VR4React’s foreseen impacts are as follow:- Promote psychological, social, and emotional well-being (by reducing victimisation and developing adaptive behaviours in inmates).- Promote the capacity building and training of prison staff on reactive aggression topics.- Promote the trainer's skills and knowledge on the delivery of the intervention.- Reduce the risks of reactive aggression to prison staff and inmates.- Promote rehabilitation and reintegration for reactive aggressive offender