The use of virtual reality (VR) exposure for reducing contamination fear and disgust: Can VR be an effective alternative exposure technique to in vivo?
JOURNAL OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE AND RELATED DISORDERS, cilt.25, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 25
- Basım Tarihi: 2020
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2020.100518
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE AND RELATED DISORDERS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, EMBASE, Psycinfo
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Virtual reality, Exposure therapies, Contamination anxiety, OCD, Disgust, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, ANXIETY DISORDERS, SYMPTOMS, THERAPY, PROPENSITY, PREVENTION, SCALE, OCD
- Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Background and objectives: Virtual reality (VR) has become a new tool in psychological research and application. Although several studies have investigated its triggering and reducing role in anxiety via VR-based exposure and response prevention (VR-ERP) across different psychopathologies, its efficiency in contamination fear and reduction of disgust are yet to be examined. The study contributes to the field by investigating the effectiveness of the VR-ERP on the reduction of anxiety, disgust and urge to wash levels using an experimental design.