Posibilidades psicoterapéuticas de la realidad virtual desde el punto de vista de sus primeros usuarios en España

  1. Roberto Sánchez-Cabrero
  2. Montserrat Peris-Hernández
  3. Ana Critina León
Journal:
3 c TIC: cuadernos de desarrollo aplicados a las TIC

ISSN: 2254-6529

Year of publication: 2020

Volume: 9

Issue: 1

Pages: 41-73

Type: Article

DOI: 10.17993/3CTIC.2020.91.41-73 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

This study describes the sociodemographic profile and the perceived psychological or therapeutic potential among the first users of commercial Virtual Reality (VR) viewers. For this, a computerized questionnaire designed ad hoc for this project was used. 117 participants of both sexes, with a mean age of 36.91 were part of the study. The relationships between the eleven variables evaluated through means contrasts (Snedecor's F) and contingency analysis (chi-square and Sommers' D) are analyzed. The results obtained indicate that the profile of the VR user is preferably male, with higher studies, he has acquired a videogame viewer more frequently, with a frequency of use more than once a week and has been a user for at least two years. The therapeutic utility of this virtual modality is recognized by 31.6% of the users of this technology and 37.6% infer that in the future the use for psychological purposes will be feasible and positive, being the youngest those with statistically significant differences offer this assessment. The therapeutic use of this technology is recognized mainly in overcoming phobias and physical limitations, improvement of mood, reduction of stress and anxiety, greater effectiveness in the provocation of states of relaxation, as well as in the medical field, especially in training in surgical complications and more effective induction to anesthesia; finally, pointing out the advantages that it brings in the improvement of communication between people, in the development of emotional intelligence and in psychotherapy.

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