caa a22 4500 606239049 CHVBK 20210128101301.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10862-014-9454-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10862-014-9454-x Can Virtual Reality Effectively Elicit Distress Associated with Social Anxiety Disorder? [Elektronische Daten] [Maryann Owens, Deborah Beidel] This study examined the ability of a Virtual Reality (VR) environment to elicit the physiological and subjective arousal typically associated with public speaking. Using 21 adults with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) and 24 adults with no disorder, this study had three objectives: (a) to determine whether speaking to a virtual audience elicited significant increases in physiological response (e.g., heart rate, electrodermal activity, and respiratory sinus arrhythmia) and subjective distress over baseline resting conditions (b) to determine if individuals with SAD had a greater increase in physiological arousal and subjective distress when speaking in front of a live audience vs. the virtual environment and (c) to determine whether individuals with SAD had greater changes in physiological and self-reported arousal during each speech task compared to controls. All participants gave an impromptu speech in front of an in vivo and VR audience while measures of physiological arousal and self-reported distress were obtained. Results demonstrated that the VR task elicited significant increases in heart rate, electrodermal activity, and respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and self-reported distress over baseline conditions but was less anxiety-producing than the in vivo speech task. In addition, participants reported a moderate level of presence in the VR task, but significantly less than in the in vivo task. No group differences were found on physiological measures. Clinical implications of these findings and the role of VR in the treatment of SAD are discussed. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Social anxiety disorder nationallicence Public speaking nationallicence Virtual reality nationallicence Exposure therapy nationallicence Physiological arousal nationallicence Subjective distress nationallicence Owens Maryann Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd. Bldg 99, Suite 320, 32816, Orlando, FL, USA aut Beidel Deborah Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd. Bldg 99, Suite 320, 32816, Orlando, FL, USA aut Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/2(2015-06-01), 296-305 0882-2689 37:2<296 2015 37 10862 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-014-9454-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-014-9454-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Owens Maryann Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd. Bldg 99, Suite 320, 32816, Orlando, FL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Beidel Deborah Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd. Bldg 99, Suite 320, 32816, Orlando, FL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/2(2015-06-01), 296-305 0882-2689 37:2<296 2015 37 10862