1. Controlling a stream of paranoia evoking events in a virtual reality environment.
- Author
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Isnanda RG, Brinkman WP, Veling W, van der Gaag M, and Neerincx M
- Subjects
- Humans, Predictive Value of Tests, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted methods, Paranoid Disorders diagnosis, Restaurants, Virtual Reality
- Abstract
Although virtual reality exposure has been reported as a method to induce paranoid thought, little is known about mechanisms to control specific virtual stressors. This paper reports on a study that examines the effect of controlling the stream of potential paranoia evoking events in a virtual restaurant world. A 2-by-2 experiment with a non-clinical group (n = 24) was conducted with as two within-subject factors: (1) the cycle time (short/long) for when the computer considers activation of a paranoia evoking event and (2) the probability that a paranoia-evoking event (low/high) would be triggered at the completion of a cycle. The results showed a significant main effect for the probability factor and two-way interaction effect with the cycle time factor on the number of paranoid comments participants made and their self-reported anxiety.
- Published
- 2014