Socially anxious and confident men interact with a forward virtual woman: an experimental study.
Socially anxious and confident men interact with a forward virtual woman: an experimental study.
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0032931
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发表时间：
2012
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Slater M
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作者：
Pan X;Gillies M;Barker C;Clark DM;Slater M
男性志愿者进入了一个描绘派对的沉浸式虚拟现实，在那里，一位孤独的虚拟女性接近他们并发起了对话。目的是研究社交焦虑和社交自信的男性对此事件有何反应。人们的兴趣集中在社交焦虑的参与者在谈话过程中是否会表现出持续的焦虑，或者这种焦虑是否会随着时间的推移而减弱，并且与社交自信更强的男性的反应不同。该场景是一个有五个虚拟角色的聚会，其中四个角色坐在距离参与者较远的地方互相交谈，还有一个孤独的女人站在更近的地方。这位女士走近参与者，介绍了自己，并开始了一段对话，首先是关于平凡的事情，然后变得更加私人和亲密。参与者是在与女性的关系中相对自信 (18) 或社交焦虑 (18) 的男性。第二个实验因素是其他四个角色是否偶尔看向参与者。有一份关于与体验相关的社交焦虑的试验后调查问卷，并记录了皮肤电导和心电图生理测量。我们的预期是，社交焦虑的参与者会在整个过程中表现出更大的焦虑。与基线读数相比，社交自信组和社交焦虑组在虚拟女性初次接近时平均表现出压力显着增加的迹象。一旦谈话进入日常阶段，压力就会减轻，然后没有显着变化。比较问卷前后的焦虑分数，较自信的参与者没有变化，但焦虑组的平均分数显着下降。将社交焦虑的参与者置于虚拟现实中，让他们获得在压力情况下如何行动的经验，这种方法为治疗社交焦虑提供了一种新颖的方法。
Male volunteers entered an immersive virtual reality that depicted a party, where they were approached by a lone virtual woman who initiated a conversation. The goal was to study how socially anxious and socially confident men would react to this event. Interest focused on whether the socially anxious participants would exhibit sustained anxiety during the conversation or whether this would diminish over time, and differ from the responses of the more socially confident men. The scenario was a party with five virtual characters, four sitting at a distance from the participant and talking amongst themselves and one lone woman standing closer. The woman approached the participant, introduced herself and initiated a conversation that was first about mundane matters and then became more personal and intimate. Participants were men who were either relatively socially confident (18) or socially anxious in their relationships with women (18). A second experimental factor was whether or not the other four characters occasionally looked towards the participant. There was a post-trial questionnaire about social anxiety in relation to the experience, and skin conductance and ECG physiological measures were recorded. Our expectation was that the socially anxious participants would show greater anxiety throughout. Compared to baseline readings both socially confident and socially anxious groups on average showed signs of significantly increased stress at the initial approach of the virtual woman. The stress then diminished once the conversation entered into the mundane phase and then did not significantly change. Comparing pre- and post-questionnaire anxiety scores there was no change for the more confident participants but a significant decrease in average score amongst the anxious group. The methodology of placing socially anxious participants in a virtual reality where they can gain experience of how to act in a stressful situation promises a novel way forward for treating social anxiety.
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DOI：
10.1089/109493103322011515
发表时间：
2003-06-01
期刊：
CYBERPSYCHOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
影响因子：
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作者：
James, LK;Lin, CY;Slater, M
通讯作者：
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影响因子：
2.5
作者：
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影响因子：
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作者：
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影响因子：
4.1
作者：
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通讯作者：
van der Mast, CAPG
DOI：
10.1089/109493102321018187
发表时间：
2002-12-01
期刊：
CYBERPSYCHOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
影响因子：
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作者：
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通讯作者：
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