Virtual reality as treatment for fear of flying: A review of recent research.

Price, Matthew; Anderson, Page L.; Rothbaum, Barbara O.

doi:10.1037/h0100864

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“…Additional research in larger samples with generalized social phobia would permit the selection of groups with extreme vigilant and avoidant biases, which would, in turn, provide a stronger test of differential effects of varying bias types. All participants received VRE, and although VRE has been shown to be equivalent to in vivo exposure for specific phobia,26–28 it is unclear whether these results would generalize to studies that use other forms of CBT to treat social phobia. Furthermore, given that prior work has indicated that attention biases can change during the course of treatment,6, 8 our use of cross‐sectional pretreatment attention bias measures may have obscured dynamic associations between attention bias and treatment response.…”

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Vigilant and avoidant attention biases as predictors of response to cognitive behavioral therapy for social phobia

2011

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Background Attention bias for socially threatening information, an empirically supported phenomenon, figures prominently in models of social phobia. However, all published studies examining this topic to date have relied on group means to describe attention bias patterns; research has yet to examine potential subgroups of attention bias among individuals with social phobia (e.g., vigilant or avoidant). Furthermore, almost no research has examined how attention biases in either direction may predict change in symptoms as a result of treatment. Methods This study (N=24) compared responses to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for social phobia between individuals with avoidant and vigilant biases for threatening faces at pretreatment. Results Participants with avoidant biases reported significantly and clinically higher symptom levels at posttreatment than did those with vigilant biases. Conclusions These findings suggest that an avoidant attention bias may be associated with reduced response to CBT for social phobia.

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Vigilant and avoidant attention biases as predictors of response to cognitive behavioral therapy for social phobia

2011

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“…In previous reviews and meta-analyses (Cardoş et al, 2017;Carl et al, 2019;Da Costa et al, 2008;Morina et al, 2015), it was already stated that VRET contributed to an effective therapeutic success compared with other exposure-based interventions. Likewise, Price et al (2008) stated that VRET was comparable or even superior to IVET for the treatment of aviophobia. Articles reviewed in this study confirm that VRET is as efficacious as other cognitive and behavioural treatments available for FoF, including progressive muscular relaxation, systematic desensitisation, cognitive therapy and imagery exposure (Opris et al, 2012).…”

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“…Likewise, Price et al . (2008) stated that VRET was comparable or even superior to IVET for the treatment of aviophobia. Articles reviewed in this study confirm that VRET is as efficacious as other cognitive and behavioural treatments available for FoF, including progressive muscular relaxation, systematic desensitisation, cognitive therapy and imagery exposure (Opris et al ., 2012).…”

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Efficacy of virtual reality-based exposure therapy for the treatment of fear of flying: a systematic review

Ribé-Viñes

Gutiérrez‐Maldonado

Zabolipour

et al. 2023

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Previous research has shown that virtual reality (VR)-based exposure therapy is effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders. However, more information regarding the specific features of this intervention for the treatment of fear of flying (FoF) is needed. The primary aim of this systematic review was to update and analyse the existing data on the efficacy of VR exposure treatment (VRET) in FoF, providing information on the optimal methodological conditions for its administration. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method was employed to select the articles. PsycInfo, Medline and Web of Science were chosen as databases with a wide range of publications related to health and psychology. Thirty-three eligible articles were included in this review. Results showed that participants’ anxiety decreased after being systematically exposed to flight-related VR environments. VRET is at least as effective as other evidence-based treatments, such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) or in vivo exposure therapy (IVET), and therefore is a highly recommended alternative when IVET is difficult to administer, and an excellent complement to enhance CBT efficacy. Regarding sensory cues, the addition of motion feedback synchronised with visual and auditory cues during the exposure to VR environments might improve the efficacy of VRET for FoF, but more research supporting this statement is still needed.

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“…Meta-analytic studies have proved clinical efficacy of the VR for the anxiety disorder spectrum in adults, children and adolescents [12,13,14,15]. The use of VR as an exposure technique in anxiety disorders covers claustrophobia [16], flying phobia [17,18,19], acrophobia[]20,21], fear of small animals [22,23,24], panic [8], agoraphobia [8], posttraumatic stress disorder [3 ]and stage fright [25], among many others.…”

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Presence, Cybersickness, Anxiety, and Heart Rate Variability in a Non-Clinical Population Using Virtual Reality Environments Designed For Specific Phobias' Treatment

Distéfano¹,

Labandeira²,

Tarnogol³

et al. 2020

JPMHC

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The current study was performed to assess the phenomenon known as Presence, to measure Anxiety responses, simulator sickness and autonomic activation in subjects of the general population. The sample consisted in 37 Argentine participants (15 male, 22 female) between ages 20 and 40; who were exposed to 3 virtual environments designed to research and treat phobias. Instruments utilized for this study were the Symptom Checklist 90-R, Acrophobia Questionnaire, Fear of Spiders Questionnaire, The Claustrophobia Questionnaire, Igroup Presence Questionnaire, Simulator Sickness Questionnaire and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. All virtual environments generated sufficient feeling of presence. Cybersickness was only registered in the Elevator scenario. The Apartment and Spiders environments have shown not to be anxiety triggers within this population. As for Elevator, a significant increase in the level of state anxiety was generated. A possible hypothesis to account for this fact might be that reported anxiety responds to movement simulated in the virtual scenario while on the other two scenarios the subjects remained static. The existence of a correlation between HRV and state anxiety has been analyzed and no significant relation has been found between the variables. Even though there is a relation between anxiety and presence, no significant relation has been found between anxiety and presence. Regarding sensory conflict, a follow up study in the Elevator environment should be done, eliminating movement and exposing subjects to the stimuli while static at different heights. Future studies should consider broadening the size of the sample and studying clinical population to compare results.

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Virtual reality as treatment for fear of flying: A review of recent research.

Cited by 11 publications

References 39 publications

Vigilant and avoidant attention biases as predictors of response to cognitive behavioral therapy for social phobia

Vigilant and avoidant attention biases as predictors of response to cognitive behavioral therapy for social phobia

Efficacy of virtual reality-based exposure therapy for the treatment of fear of flying: a systematic review

Presence, Cybersickness, Anxiety, and Heart Rate Variability in a Non-Clinical Population Using Virtual Reality Environments Designed For Specific Phobias' Treatment

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