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- Title
Activación psicofisiológica de pacientes con zoofobias ante un ambiente de realidad virtual.
- Authors
Ponce Barbosa, Elizabeth; Delgado Reyes, Andrés Camilo; Pachón Duran, Diego Alejandro; Bertel, Luis; Pablo Toro, Juan; Andrés Gaviria, Fabián
- Abstract
Anxiety is a clinical condition of growing order and especially at the national level. Within these are specific phobias, which occur when irrational fear is caused by a certain stimulus. The present study aims to determine the ability of a virtual reality environment to cause variations in psychophysiological responses in patients with specific phobias to animals. The sample was made up of 14 people, 92.85% were women of legal age, who underwent a semi-structured interview, and to a virtual reality environment. Additionally, the psychophysiological variables were monitored. The results did not show significant differences in psychophysiological activation at each of the levels. In conclusion, a quarter of the population had zoophobia, 46.15% had a phobia of mice, 30.76% to cockroaches and 7.69%, in an equal percentage, to spiders, toads and snakes, women are the ones who suffer the most from specific phobia with 92.85%. Finally, heart rate, skin conductance and temperature can be considered as variables that can demonstrate a subject's response to a virtual reality environment.
- Subjects
VIRTUAL reality; SKIN temperature; HEART beat; PHOBIAS; CLINICAL psychology; MICE
- Publication
Revista Virtual Universidad Católica del Norte, 2021, Issue 62, p121
- ISSN
0124-5821
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.35575/rvucn.n62a6