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Trial reportCognitive behaviour therapy2022

Attention guidance augmentation of virtual reality exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Mikael Rubin, Karl Muller, Mary M Hayhoe, Michael J Telch

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Cognitive behaviour therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mikael RubinDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8742-4951
Karl MullerCenter for Perceptual Systems, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1319-9293
Mary M HayhoeCenter for Perceptual Systems, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6671-5207
Michael J TelchDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3444-8500
The University of Texas at Austin · US

Funding

Efficacy of an attention guidance VR intervention for social anxiety disorder.F31MH118784 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI RUBIN, MIKAEL · 2018 to 2021
$113k
NIMH NIH HHS F31 MH118784
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biased attention to social threats has been implicated in social anxiety disorder. Modifying visual attention during exposure therapy offers a direct test of this mechanism. We developed and tested a brief virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) protocol using 360°-video and eye tracking. Participants (N = 21) were randomized to either standard VRET or VRET + attention guidance training (AGT). Multilevel Bayesian models were used to test (1) whether there was an effect of condition over time and (2) whether post-treatment changes in gaze patterns mediated the effect of condition at follow-up. There was a large overall effect of the intervention on symptoms of social anxiety, as well as an effect of the AGT augmentation on changes in visual attention to audience members. There was weak evidence against an effect of condition on fear of public speaking and weak evidence supporting a mediation effect, however these estimates were strongly influenced by model priors. Taken together, our findings suggest that attention can be modified

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Phobia, SocialVirtual Reality Exposure TherapyBayes TheoremHumansPilot Projectsattentionexposure therapysocial anxietyVirtual reality

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PMID35383544
PMCPMC9458616
OpenAlexW4226119107

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