A Qualitative Exploration of Individual Experiences of Environmental Virtual Reality Through the Lens of Psychological Distance

Raja, Urooj; Carrico, Amanda R.

doi:10.1080/17524032.2020.1871052

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“…Intervention workers are directly exposed to radiation at work. If there is no protective effect of relevant protective facilities, it is easy to exceed the dose threshold specified in relevant documents, and it is very likely to cause irreversible radiation damage and seriously affect their health [19,20].…”

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[Retracted] Radiation Exposure of Crystalline Bodies during Interventional Therapy and Related Research Status

Chen

Zhao

Zhong

et al. 2022

Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging

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The aim of this study was to estimate the exposure dose level of ocular corpuscles during the common interventional procedures of interventional radiology workers. This article retrospectively analyzed the general instruments and equipment of interventional therapy, the general methods and steps of interventional therapy, and the influence of X-ray of interventional surgery. The related contents of eye protection for interventional radiology workers were summarized. This study found that there was a significant linear correlation between the equivalent dose of lens and the exposure time. The tube voltage, tube current, and the size of fluoroscopic field of vision also have an impact on the radiation of workers during surgical exposure. Interventional surgery is difficult and easy. The exposure time of difficult surgery is relatively long, so the dose received by interventional staff is large. The intervention staff should improve their professional knowledge, be proficient in the operation technology, and try to reduce the exposure without affecting the diagnosis and treatment effect. During the intervention operation, the eye substance of the operator is exposed to a certain dose of radiation, and the wearing rate of protective lead glasses of the intervention staff is very low. Therefore, we must pay attention to the protection of the eyes, strengthen the protection management, and reduce the exposure dose of the intervention staff as much as possible.

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confidence: 99%

[Retracted] Radiation Exposure of Crystalline Bodies during Interventional Therapy and Related Research Status

Chen

Zhao

Zhong

et al. 2022

Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging

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“…Immersive VR allows us to visit distant places, have superpowers, or travel in time while feeling that what is happening is real and that it is happening to us (Blascovich and Bailenson, 2011;Slater, 2009). Therefore, immersive VR and extended reality have been repeatedly proposed as suitable tools with which to promote PEB by making the threat of climate change more proximal and tangible (Breves and Heber, 2020;Breves and Schramm, 2021;Fauville et al, 2020;Markowitz and Bailenson, 2021), e.g., by providing users with the experience of witnessing the icebergs melting (Petersen et al, 2020), ocean acidification (Fauville et al, 2021;Markowitz et al, 2018;Anna C. M. Queiroz et al, 2023;Raja and Carrico, 2021), coral reef bleaching (Nim et al, 2016) or by visualizing invisible GHG emissions (Heemsbergen et al, 2022). This way, VR can increase climate change awareness (Oh et al, 2021) and knowledge (Greussing, 2020;Markowitz et al, 2018;Petersen et al, 2020;Stenberdt and Makransky, 2023) or connection with nature (Ahn et al, 2016;Oh et al, 2021).…”

Section: Environmental Communication In Virtual Realitymentioning

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Shifting from information- to experience-based climate change communication increases pro-environmental behavior

Plechatá

Hielkema

Merkl

et al. 2023

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To reach necessary greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets, behavioral change is necessary at the consumer level. Nevertheless, behavioral interventions have only a limited impact on habitual behaviors such as beef consumption, which significantly contributes to the GHGs released. Immersive virtual reality (VR) in the metaverse can transform the current information-based environmental communication into more experience-based communication. To study how such a shift might change its effectiveness, we randomly assigned N = 167 participants to a VR experience (experiencing and influencing climate change based on food choices) or a VR information condition (receiving the same information from a virtual human). The VR experience led to higher intentions to reduce meat consumption and more pro-environmental behavior in VR and real life than the information condition. Mediation analyses confirm that experiential VR environmental communication can increase people’s efficacy beliefs, which increase their intentions and, consequently, lead to a reduction in beef consumption.

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“…Accordingly, in one PD study, deeper emotional engagement diminished psychological distance ( Van Boven et al, 2010 ). In another PD study, researchers found that when people were exposed to an ocean acidification virtual reality experience, their distance from the critters diminished partly because they could empathize with the virtual sea animals ( Raja and Carrico, 2021 ). Moreover, most SLE work examines conservation environmentalists, and less work exists on environmentalists working on climate change ( Howell and Allen, 2019 ).…”

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Formative experiences and psychological distance in the lives of contemporary environmentalists

Raja

Carrico

2023

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionWe use the term “environmentalists” to describe the people who are highly and actively engaged and involved in environmental issues like climate change. Environmentalists consistently advocate, research, or volunteer to do the work needed to address environmental challenges. Factors that drive contemporary environmentalists remain understudied.MethodsWe, therefore, ask: what formative experiences drive environmentalists on climate change and other environmental problems at present? We frame this exploration through the significant life experiences (SLE) literature, which examines people and environmental pathways. We also ask: how do feelings of perceptual/actual distance or closeness to environmental threats and climate change shape a person’s decision to become an environmentalist? We anchor this query to the psychological distance (PD) literature that explores how people perceive external phenomena and the role distance plays in their conception. To answer both questions, we use qualitative methods and draw on 33 interviews with environmentalists involved in environmental protection work for an average of 91 h in the past 4 weeks.ResultsWe find that environmentalists spoke about several formative experiences broadly consistent with what has been documented in the SLE literature. Traumatic experiences were especially influential for our sample of environmentalists. Our findings also reveal that PD, especially social, plays a role in the lives of environmentalists.DiscussionStudy findings could help scholars and practitioners deepen their understanding of contemporary environmentalists. Practitioners, in particular, could use this knowledge to help environmentalists by providing them with tailored resources and support.

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A Qualitative Exploration of Individual Experiences of Environmental Virtual Reality Through the Lens of Psychological Distance

Cited by 13 publications

References 35 publications

[Retracted] Radiation Exposure of Crystalline Bodies during Interventional Therapy and Related Research Status

[Retracted] Radiation Exposure of Crystalline Bodies during Interventional Therapy and Related Research Status

Shifting from information- to experience-based climate change communication increases pro-environmental behavior

Formative experiences and psychological distance in the lives of contemporary environmentalists

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