"打破障碍":自闭症年轻人认为虚拟现实是一种可能的社会支持,但不能取代面对面的互动
Nathan Caruana1, Terry Goetz1, Patrick Nalepka2
1Flinders University, Australia.
Autism : the international journal of research and practice
|December 17, 2025
概括
虚拟现实 (VR) 为自闭症年轻人提供了一种可以忍受的,有吸引力的方式来练习社交互动,减少感官过载并增加信心. 然而,参与者强调VR是补充,而不是取代,对于必要的面对面的连接.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 人与计算机的交互
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
背景情况:
- 自闭症患者在面对面的社交互动中经常遇到重大挑战,特别是在高风险或陌生的环境中.
- 虚拟现实 (VR) 通过提供可控和可访问的交互环境,为社会支持提供了潜在的途径.
- 现有的研究主要侧重于VR用于社会技能培训,对自闭症个体在VR社会互动中的主观经验的理解有限.
研究的目的:
- 探索自闭症年轻人在沉浸式虚拟现实中的社交互动期间的实践经验.
- 了解自闭症患者如何看待VR作为社会联系工具的好处和局限性.
- 为技术的发展提供信息,与自闭症偏好保持一致,并支持社会参与.
主要方法:
- 定性研究涉及22名自闭症年轻人 (9-22岁) 的采访.
- 在面试之前,参与者与陌生人在沉浸式虚拟现实中进行社交互动.
- 使用反射性主题分析来解释采访数据.
主要成果:
- 自闭症参与者普遍认为VR社交互动是可以容忍的,有吸引力的,并且作为低压的初步步骤是有益的.
- 关键的好处包括减少感官过载,增加自信,并为新的社会参与提供机会.
- 参与者始终将VR视为一种补充工具,而不是取代面对面的互动,这对于有意义的关系至关重要.
结论:
- 虚拟现实有可能通过修改社会环境来支持自闭症患者,而不是仅仅专注于行为变化.
- 这些发现挑战了基于缺陷的自闭症社会动机观点,强调了技术需要与用户体验保持一致.
- 技术干预应优先考虑根据自闭症个体的偏好增强现实世界的社会联系.
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