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. 2023 Mar 9:1-16.
doi: 10.1007/s10055-023-00779-y. Online ahead of print.

Using 360-degree immersive videos to assess multiple transdiagnostic symptoms: A study focusing on fear of negative evaluation, paranoid thoughts, negative automatic thoughts, and craving

Clara Della Libera  1 , Jessica Simon  1 , Frank Larøi  1   2   3 , Etienne Quertemont  1 , Aurélie Wagener  1   4
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Using 360-degree immersive videos to assess multiple transdiagnostic symptoms: A study focusing on fear of negative evaluation, paranoid thoughts, negative automatic thoughts, and craving

Clara Della Libera et al. Virtual Real. .

Abstract

Over the last 20 years, virtual reality (VR) has gained a great interest for both assessment and treatment of various psychopathologies. However, due to high costs and material specificity, VR remains disadvantageous for clinicians. Adopting a multiple transdiagnostic approach, this study aims at testing the validity of a 360-degree immersive video (360IV) for the assessment of five common psychological symptoms (fear of negative evaluation, paranoid thoughts, negative automatic thoughts, craving for alcohol and for nicotine). A 360IV was constructed in the Darius Café and included actors behaving naturally. One hundred and fifty-eight adults from the general population were assessed in terms of their proneness towards the five symptoms, were then exposed to the 360IV and completed measures for the five state symptoms, four dimensions of presence (place, plausibility, copresence and social presence illusions) and cybersickness. Results revealed that the five symptoms occurred during the immersion and were predicted by the participants' proneness towards these symptoms. The 360IV was also able to elicit various levels of the four dimensions of presence while producing few cybersickness. The present study provides evidence supporting the use of the 360IV as a new accessible, ecological, and standardized tool to assess multiple transdiagnostic symptoms.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10055-023-00779-y.

Keywords: 360-degree immersive video; Assessment; Transdiagnostic; Virtual reality.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interestThe authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Fig. 1
Screenshot from the Darius Café. The image has been distorted in order to present a 180-degree view of the scenario. Kindly note that the scenario participants viewed during the 360IV was natural and undistorted
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Fig. 2
Screenshot from the Calm Place Application
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Fig. 3
Schematic representation of the procedure. MSSQ = Motion Sickness Susceptibility Questionnaire, ITQ = Immersive Tendencies Questionnaire, GPTS-B = Green et al. Paranoid Thoughts Scale—part B, FNE = Fear of negative evaluation, CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies—Depression, STAI-Y A = State scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, SSQ = Simulator Sickness Questionnaire. S-FNE = State Fear of Negative Evaluation, ATQ = Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire
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Fig. 4
Distributions of scores for state measures at post-immersion. Craving distributions include alcohol drinkers (n = 150) and as well as smokers (n = 31) and former smokers (n = 19). S-FNE = state fear of negative evaluation, SSPS = state paranoid thoughts, ATQN = negative automatic thoughts
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Fig. 5
Average alcohol (a) and nicotine (b) craving ratings in pre- and post-immersion among consumers
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