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ReviewThe International journal of social psychiatry2024

Sublime and extended reality experiences to enhance emotional wellbeing for autistic people: A state of the art review and narrative synthesis.

Chris Bennewith, Johara Bellali, Lance Watkins, Samuel Tromans, Kamaldeep Bhui, Rohit Shankar

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Review in The International journal of social psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Chris BennewithFaculty of Arts, Humanities and Business University of Plymouth, UK.
Johara BellaliFaculty of Arts, Humanities and Business University of Plymouth, UK.
Lance WatkinsUniversity of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK.
Samuel TromansDepartment of Population Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK.
Kamaldeep BhuiDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK.
Rohit ShankarCornwall Intellectual Disability Equitable Research, University of Plymouth Peninsula School of Medicine, Truro, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1183-6933

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background

aimsTo understand utility of XR technologies in creating immersive experiences for autistic people to alleviate anxiety and the relationship to the sublime.

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resultsFifty-eight papers/articles met the preliminary inclusion criteria for in-depth review of which 31 were found suitable for the narrative synthesis related to XR technologies and sublime experiences as related to autistic people. Narrative synthesis lent itself to four themes that is current utility of

conclusionsMixed reality environments that experiment with a broad range of XR technologies including incorporating notions of the sublime, might be beneficial in reducing emotional dysregulation and improving social development in autistic people especially if co-designed with them.

Indexed as

Autistic DisorderAnxietyEmotionsFearHumansMental HealthVirtual Reality Exposure TherapyImmersive experiencesneurodevelopmental disorderspervasive developmental disorderssublimetechnology supported care

Identifiers

PMID39049584
PMCPMC11523544

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