What if you could see yourself with my eyes? A Pilot study of the impact of a virtual reality-environment on relational Responding to Self
Int. j. psychol. psychol. ther. (Ed. impr.)
; 23(1): 31-41, mar. 2023. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
Peoples sense of self plays an important role in psychological wellbeing and it is often targeted by perspective taking interventions in psychological treatments. The present study investigated if seeing oneself from the outside perspective in a virtual reality (VR) environment could be used to influence the patterns of relational responding that constitutes the sense of self. Changes in participants (N= 9) patterns of relating themselves vs. others with positive attributes and negative attributes were investigated using an Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) that was delivered before and after the one session perspective-taking intervention in VR. In addition, participants self-ratings about their experience of the VR intervention were investigated immediately after and one month after the VR-intervention. The results showed changes specifically in seeing oneself more positively, reflected by the increase in the Me positive trial type in the IRAP. No systematic changes were seen in participants relational responding to themselves as being negative (i.e. bad, unloved, incompetent) or in patterns of relational responding considering others. In addition, participants experienced moderate positive emotions during the VR-intervention and evaluated the experience as meaningful based on their self-ratings. Together these results suggest that seeing oneself in the VR promoted positive experiences relating to oneself (AU)
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Autoimagem
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Realidade Virtual
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Relações Interpessoais
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Ano de publicação:
2023
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