Brief virtual reality therapy for public speaking anxiety
Brief virtual reality therapy for public speaking anxiety
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10.1089/109493102321018187
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2002-12-01
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North, MM
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作者：
Harris, SR;Kemmerling, RL;North, MM
本研究的主要目的是探讨虚拟现实治疗（VRT）在降低大学生演讲焦虑方面的有效性。作为一种社交恐惧症的公共演讲焦虑的流行和影响进行了讨论。VRT作为一种新兴的治疗心理问题的研究进行了审查。在本研究中，八名学生完成了VRT个人治疗和后测试，和六名学生在候补名单控制组完成后测试。评估措施包括四个自我报告的库存，自我报告的主观单位的不舒服，在暴露于VRT和生理测量的心率在说话的任务。作者作为治疗师每周进行四次个体暴露治疗，每次约15分钟。自我报告和生理措施的结果似乎表明，四个虚拟现实治疗会议是有效的，在减少大学生的公开演讲焦虑，证实了早期的研究VRT的有效性作为一种心理治疗方式。未来的研究方向进行了讨论，主要是需要对年轻人群的研究，以评估VRT的早期干预与公众演讲焦虑的有效性。
The primary goal of this research program was to investigate the effectiveness of virtual reality therapy (VRT) in reducing public speaking anxiety of university students. The prevalence and impact of public speaking anxiety as a type of Social Phobia are discussed. Studies of VRT as an emerging treatment for psychological problems are reviewed. In the present study, eight students completed VRT individual treatment and post-testing, and six students in a Wait-List control group completed post-testing. Assessment measures included four self-report inventories, self-report of Subjective Units of Discomfort during exposure to VRT and physiological measurements of heart rate during speaking tasks. Four weekly individual exposure treatment sessions of approximately 15 min each were conducted by the author serving as therapist. Results on self-report and physiological measures appear to indicate that four virtual reality treatment sessions were effective in reducing public speaking anxiety in university students, corroborating earlier studies of VRT's effectiveness as a psychotherapeutic modality. Future research directions are discussed, primarily the need for research on younger populations, to assess the effectiveness of VRT for earlier intervention with public speaking anxiety.