A meta-analysis on the relationship between self-reported presence and anxiety in virtual reality exposure therapy for anxiety disorders

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Ling, Yun ^a   Nefs, Harold T ^a   Morina, Nexhmedin ^b   Heynderickx, Ingrid ^c,d   Brinkman, Willem Paul ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROPHOBIA; AGE; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EXAMINATION ANXIETY; FEAR OF ANIMAL; FEAR OF FLYING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERCEPTION; PHOBIA; SELF REPORT; SENSE OF PRESENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STUDY DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY; ANXIETY DISORDERS;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; HUMANS; SELF REPORT; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84900443816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096144     Document Type: Article

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