语义上无关的虚拟现实体验对观看创伤事件后的记忆和情绪的影响:随机对照实验研究
Changwon Son1, Killian Parker2, Mohammad Jamshidzadeh1
1Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, & Systems Engineering, Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States.
JMIR formative research
|February 26, 2026
概括
语义上无关的虚拟现实 (VR) 内容在观看创伤事件后有效地改变了参与者的情绪状态. 这种VR干预增强了积极的情绪,减少了消极的情绪,为管理心理痛苦提供了一种新的方法.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 虚拟现实应用 虚拟现实应用
- 创伤研究 创伤研究
背景情况:
- 由于高压力职业,急救人员面临着重大的心理健康挑战.
- 传统的干预措施,如冥想和汇报没有解决创伤的认知处理,特别是记忆和情绪.
- 认知模型表明,与创伤相关的刺激会触发记忆和生理反应.
研究的目的:
- 调查语义上无关的虚拟现实 (VR) 内容对提取不良事件记忆和相关情绪的影响.
- 通过引入与远程相关的语义环境来探索VR中断创伤性记忆检索的潜力.
- 评估VR在对模拟创伤事件暴露后减轻心理痛苦方面的有效性.
主要方法:
- 107名大学参与者被随机分配到控制,比较 (阅读) 或干预 (VR) 组.
- 所有小组都观看了房屋火灾的视频,以创造创伤性记忆.
- 干预小组经历了红海的VR模拟,与火灾的属性形成鲜明对比.
- 积极和消极影响计划和记忆准确性测试进行.
主要成果:
- 两组之间没有发现记忆精度的显著差异 (P=.48).
- 在语义上无关的VR干预显著增加了积极的情绪 (P=.04).
- 在所有组中,消极情绪显著减少,在VR干预组显著减少 (P<.001).
结论:
- 在语义上无关的VR有效调节了参与者的情绪状态.
- 虚拟现实提供了一种快速,具有成本效益的方法来解决对创伤事件的心理反应.
- 需要进一步的研究来优化VR内容的内存抑制效应.
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