Design and Evaluation of Virtual Reality Environments for Claustrophobia

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11120/23:43925983
Result on the web
<a href="https://direct.mit.edu/pvar/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/pres_a_00385/116316/Design-and-Evaluation-of-Virtual-Reality?redirectedFrom=fulltext" target="_blank" >https://direct.mit.edu/pvar/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/pres_a_00385/116316/Design-and-Evaluation-of-Virtual-Reality?redirectedFrom=fulltext</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/pres_a_00385" target="_blank" >10.1162/pres_a_00385</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Design and Evaluation of Virtual Reality Environments for Claustrophobia
Original language description
Claustrophobia is a specific phobia characterized by fear of enclosed spaces. While some individuals with claustrophobia might experience only mild anxiety and discomfort in enclosed spaces, others might suffer from panic attacks usually triggered by a fear of losing control or being unable to escape when needed. One of the most recent and successful treatment methods applied in specific phobias are virtual reality based exposure therapy techniques. This feasibility study aimed to design and validate a set of immersive virtual environments for exposure therapy in claustrophobia, with interactive scenarios enabling systematic, gradual, and controlled induction of claustrophobic fear. In total, eighteen individuals participated in the feasibility study. Participants were recruited from a general population and divided into two groups (phobic vs. control). Each participant was asked to evaluate a set of various virtual environments. The study results indicate that the designed virtual environments have the potential to induce claustrophobic fear and are thus considered suitable for use in the exposure therapy of claustrophobia.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project
<a href="/en/project/TL03000223" target="_blank" >TL03000223: Exposure to stressful situations in a virtual city environment</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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