Body, emotions, and sexuality in the metaverse: A randomized control trial exploring the use of second life for an avatar-based intervention to support women with female orgasmic disorder
• A metaverse intervention demonstrated the potential to eliminate female orgasmic disorder criteria in short and long term • After a 12-week intervention in Second Life, statistically and clinically significant differences were found • 100% of participants with female orgasmic disorder recovered after undergoing an avatar-based treatment
Authors
- Ariana Vila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7564-8624)
- Celia Nogales‐González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5269-6930)
- Andrew Ritchey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0735-1407)
- Giuseppe Riva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3657-106X)
- Maria Sansoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5189-7159)
- Juan Ardoy‐Cuadros (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0957-1438)
- Rosa Romero‐Moreno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5454-3586)
Institutions
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (ES)
- IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano (IT)
- Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Published
- 2024-08-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108390
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.47