ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2020
The Benefits of emotion Regulation Interventions in Virtual Reality for the Improvement of Wellbeing in Adults and Older Adults: A Systematic Review.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Virtual reality in autism and physical therapy: a meta-analytical review of clinical outcomes and therapeutic efficacy.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Pooled it
- The Efficacy of Virtual Reality-Based EEG Neurofeedback in Health-Related Symptoms Relief: A Systematic Review.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2025Pooled it
- Virtual Reality-Based Therapy Improves Fatigue, Impact, and Quality of Life in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis. A Systematic Review with a Meta-Analysis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Pooled it
- Integrating Immersive Virtual Reality With Savoring to Promote the Well-Being of Patients With Chronic Respiratory Diseases: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Evaluating the Impact of Virtual Reality on the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia and Quality of Life of Inpatients With Dementia in Acute Care: Randomized Controlled Trial (VRCT).Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- A randomised pilot trial of virtual reality-based relaxation for enhancement of perioperative well-being, mood and quality of life.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Digital Psychiatry with Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality: Recent Advances and Limitations.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Review
- A systematic review on mindfulness-based immersive interventions in depressive disorders.Npj mental health research · 2026Review
- Psychological and emotional benefits of virtual reality-based exercise for postpartum women with lumbopelvic pain: A randomized controlled trial.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- The Influence of Virtual Reality Glasses Use on the Quality of Life of Older Adults: Protocol for a Prospective, Longitudinal Quasi-Experimental Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Audiovisual virtual reality for emotion induction: a dataset of physiological responses.Scientific data · 2025Article
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- Virtual Reality as an Adjuvant Treatment for Acute Pain During an Interventional Process with Capsaicin: A Feasibility Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Cancer patients' acceptance of virtual reality interventions for self-emotion regulation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effects of the Soothe Vision well-being tool on university students' mood: a pilot study.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Community-based multisensory environments as preventive public health interventions for mental well-being in older adults: evidence from a large-scale study in China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The latent profile structure of alexithymia in the elderly and its relationship to eating behaviors: the mediating role of physical activity.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The Role of Immersive Experience in Anxiety Reduction: Evidence from Virtual Reality Sessions.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- A Narrative Review on the Neurocognitive Profiles in Eating Disorders and Higher Weight Individuals: Insights for Targeted Interventions.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Efficacy and Safety of Virtual Reality-Based Versus Traditional Emotion-to-Emotion Therapy for Treatment of Hwa-Byung: A Protocol for a Single-Center, Randomized, Assessor-Blind, Parallel-Group Clinical Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
The impact of emotion regulation interventions on wellbeing has been extensively documented in literature, although only in recent years virtual reality (VR) technologies have been incorporated in the design of such interventions, in both clinical and non-clinical settings. A systematic search, following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines, was therefore carried out to explore the state of the art in emotion regulation interventions for wellbeing using virtual reality. The literature on this topic was queried, 414 papers were screened, and 11 studies were included, covering adults and older adults. Our findings offer an overview of the current use of VR technologies for the enhancement of emotion regulation (ER) and wellbeing. The results are promising and suggest that VR-based emotion regulation training can facilitate the promotion of wellbeing. An overview of VR-based training interventions is crucial for better understanding how to use these tools in the clinical settings. This review offers a critical debate on the structure of such intervention protocols. It also analyzes and highlights the crucial role played by the selection of the objective and subjective wellbeing assessment measures of said intervention protocols.
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