ArticleFrontiers in psychology2015
Virtual reality, real emotions: a novel analogue for the assessment of risk factors of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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- The dilemma of trauma-focused therapy: effects of imagery rescripting on voluntary memory.Psychological research · 2023Trial
- Psychophysiological reactivity, coping behaviour and intrusive memories upon multisensory Virtual Reality and Script-Driven Imagery analogue trauma: A randomised controlled crossover study.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2018Trial
- The impact of virtual reality analog-trauma films and Tetris gameplay duration on intrusive memories.Memory & cognition · 2026Article
- Spatial encoding of a traumatic virtual reality scene reduces intrusive memories.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2026Article
- Real-Time Monitoring of Physiological and Postural Parameters to Evaluate Human Reactions in Virtual Reality for Safety Training.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Commentary: Virtual Reality, Real Emotions: A Novel Analogue for the Assessment of Risk Factors of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The use of virtual reality in assessment and treatment of anxiety and related disorders.Clinical psychology & psychotherapy · 2021Review
- Behavioral realism and lifelike psychophysiological responses in virtual reality by the example of a height exposure.Psychological research · 2021Article
- Virtual Reality in the Neurosciences: Current Practice and Future Directions.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Review
- The impact of lying about a traumatic virtual reality experience on memory.Memory & cognition · 2019Article
- Real-time Acute Stress Facilitates Allocentric Spatial Processing in a Virtual Fire Disaster.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- A virtual reality paradigm as an analogue to real-life trauma: its effectiveness compared with the trauma film paradigm.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Most people are exposed to a violent or life-threatening situation during their lives, but only a minority develops post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Experimental studies are necessary to assess risk factors, such as imagery ability, for the development of PTSD. Up to now the trauma film paradigm (TFP) has functioned as an analogue for PTSD. This paradigm is known to induce involuntary intrusions, a core symptom of PTSD. Though useful, the film paradigm has a drawback, the participant remains an "outsider" and does not immerse in the film scenes. The aim of the present study was to develop a fitting virtual reality (VR) analogue for PTSD and to assess risk factors for the development of PTSD-symptoms, such as intrusions. To this end a novel VR paradigm was compared to the traditional TFP. Both the VR and TFP elicited a negative mood and induction-related intrusions. More immersion was observed in the VR paradigm compared to the TFP. The results of the risk factors were mixed; more imagery ability coincided with a higher intrusion frequency, but also with less distressing intrusions. The results, implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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