Development of a virtual reality laboratory stressor
| Autor: | Margaret Altemus, JoAnn Difede, Lauren E. Szkodny, Cezar Giosan, David Silbersweig, Albert A. Rizzo, Loretta S. Malta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Computer science
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Stressor 020207 software engineering 02 engineering and technology Virtual reality Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design Human-Computer Interaction Distress Feeling Heart rate 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine Simulator sickness Anxiety 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences medicine.symptom Reactivity (psychology) 050107 human factors Software Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Virtual Reality. 25:293-302 |
| ISSN: | 1434-9957 1359-4338 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10055-020-00455-5 |
| Popis: | This research report describes the development of a virtual reality (VR) laboratory stressor to study the effects of exposure to stressful events. The aim of the research was to develop a VR simulation that would evoke stressor responses at a level that was tolerable for participants. Veterans with and without warzone-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were presented with VR simulations of combat stressors. There was one complaint of feeling hot during simulations but no incidents of simulator sickness. Participants denied experiencing the simulations as overly distressing, and there were no reports of any distress or problems related to study participation when they were contacted two weeks after the VR challenge. Simulations elicited moderate levels of anxiety and mild levels of dissociation that were significantly greater in Veterans with PTSD. Simulations were less successful in eliciting differential heart rate reactivity and stress hormone secretion, though history of civilian trauma exposure was associated with elevated heart rates during the second simulation. The study demonstrated that the VR paradigm was feasible and tolerable and that it holds promise as a new method with which to conduct controlled laboratory research on the effects of exposure to stressful events. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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