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Go, Clark Tame Tyler H.; Leis, Edvard G.; Quiambao, Mark Jonelle D.; Samonte, Mary Jane C.; Fuentes, Gloren S.; Pascua, Cristina A.

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“…First studies showed that VRET is a promising option also in the treatment of phobias in children, e.g., for school, spider, or dog phobia (Bouchard, 2011). There are also several approaches integrating playful elements into VRET for adults (Geoff Mcmaster, 2020;Go et al, 2020;Lindner et al, 2020;Miloff et al, 2016). However, none of those is specifically developed for children.…”

Section: Gamified Vretmentioning

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Looking Fear in the Eye: Gamified Virtual Reality Exposure towards Spiders for Children Using Attention Based Feedback

Wechsler¹,

Kocur²,

Schumacher³

et al. 2023

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Many children around the globe suffer from spider phobia. Virtual reality exposure therapy is an effective phobia treatment but sofar predominantly tailored for adults. A gamified approach utilizing gaze interaction would allow for a more child-friendly andengaging experience, and provide the possibility to foster working mechanisms of exposure therapy. We developed an applicationin which children make spiders change in positively connotated ways (e.g., make them dance or shrink) if sufficient visual attentiontowards them is captured via eye tracking. Thereby, motivation for and positive affects during exposure towards spiders are aspired.In 21 children without (n=11) and with fear of spiders (n=10), we examined positive and negative affect during exposure to a virtualspider and to different gaze-related transformations of the spider. Additionally, fear of spiders was investigated in spider fearfulchildren before and one week after the intervention. We found that significantly more positive than negative affect was induced bythe spiders’ transformations in children without and with fear of spiders. Fear of spiders was furthermore significantly reduced inspider-fearful children, showing large effect sizes (d>.80). Findings indicate eligibility for future clinical use and evaluation inchildren with spider phobia.

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Section: Gamified Vretmentioning

confidence: 99%

Looking Fear in the Eye: Gamified Virtual Reality Exposure towards Spiders for Children Using Attention Based Feedback

Wechsler¹,

Kocur²,

Schumacher³

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…Gamified VR Exposure Therapy (VRET) does not only provide the possibility to offer an engaging experience for children especially, but also to implement playful mechanisms fostering working mechanisms of exposure therapy. There are already approaches integrating playful elements into VRET for adults with spider phobia ( Go et al, 2020 ; Lindner et al, 2020 ; McMaster, 2020 ; Miloff et al, 2016 ). However, none of those is specifically developed for children.…”

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confidence: 99%

Looking fear in the eye: Gamified virtual reality exposure towards spiders for children using attention based feedback

Wechsler,

Kocur,

Schumacher

et al. 2023

Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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Many children around the globe suffer from spider phobia. Virtual reality exposure therapy is an effective phobia treatment, but so far predominantly tailored for adults. A gamified approach utilizing gaze interaction would allow for a more child-friendly and engaging experience, and provide the possibility to foster working mechanisms of exposure therapy. We developed an application in which children make spiders change in positively connoted ways (e.g., make them dance or shrink) if sufficient visual attention towards them is captured via eye tracking. Thereby, motivation for and positive affects during exposure towards spiders are aspired. In this pilot study on 21 children without ( n = 11) and with fear of spiders ( n = 10), we examined positive and negative affect during exposure to a virtual spider and to different gaze-related transformations of the spider within a quasi-experimental design. Within a one-group design, we additionally examined fear of spiders in spider fearful children before and one week after the intervention. We found that significantly more positive than negative affect was induced by the spiders’ transformations in children without and with fear of spiders. Fear of spiders was furthermore significantly reduced in spider-fearful children, showing large effect sizes ( d > .80). Findings indicate eligibility for future clinical use and evaluation in children with spider phobia.

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SpEYEders: Adults’ and children’s affective responses during immersive playful gaze interactions transforming virtual spiders

Wechsler

Brockelmann

Kulik

et al. 2021

Extended Abstracts of the 2021 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

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Specific phobias like spider phobia represent a frequent mental health problem in children and adolescents, demanding innovative prevention and treatment approaches. We therefore develop an eye tracking supported Virtual Reality serious game for school-aged children, realizing gaze interactions to promote attention towards, and positive experiences during exposure to spiders. Within pilot studies in adults (n=30) and children (n=14) without fear of spiders, we assessed positive and negative affect during prototype gaze feedback through five different variants: If gazed for few seconds, the virtual spider changed into a shrunk, a rainbow coloured, or dying spider, or morphed into a smileyball, or speaks friendly. We found the highest positive affect for the rainbow and smileyball variant, followed by the shrunk and friendly speaking variant. In contrast, the dying variant was excluded due to the possible induction of negative affect. Findings indicate eligible variants for the further development of the VR serious game. CCS CONCEPTS• Applied computing → Health informatics; • Human-centered computing → Virtual reality; Empirical studies in HCI .

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Looking Fear in the Eye: Gamified Virtual Reality Exposure towards Spiders for Children Using Attention Based Feedback

Looking Fear in the Eye: Gamified Virtual Reality Exposure towards Spiders for Children Using Attention Based Feedback

Looking fear in the eye: Gamified virtual reality exposure towards spiders for children using attention based feedback

SpEYEders: Adults’ and children’s affective responses during immersive playful gaze interactions transforming virtual spiders

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