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de Recherche et d’Innovation
en Cybersécurité et Société
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Tremblay, L.; Chebbi, B.; Bouchard, S.
The predictive role of body image and anti-fat attitudes on attentional bias toward body area in haptic virtual reality environment Journal Article
In: Virtual Reality, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 333–342, 2022, ISSN: 13594338, (Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: body image, Body parts, Image Enhancement, Upper limbs, Virtual humans, virtual reality, Virtual-reality environment
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title = {The predictive role of body image and anti-fat attitudes on attentional bias toward body area in haptic virtual reality environment},
author = {L. Tremblay and B. Chebbi and S. Bouchard},
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date = {2022-01-01},
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abstract = {Evidence suggests that dissatisfaction with body image in women can be enhanced by exposure to media’s idealized images. The theory of social comparison and the avoidance hypothesis offer contradictory explanations of this relationship. We compare these two theories using a haptic virtual reality environment. We ask 42 female participants to interact with one of four types of virtual humans (VH) randomly assigned to them. The interaction task involves giving a virtual hug to a normal weight or overweight male or female VH. We verify the hypothesis that participants’ satisfaction with particular body parts and their anti-fat attitudes will determine the choice of the body area of the VH they will virtually touch. Our results show that: (1) touching VH lower torso is predicted by less anti-fat attitude, and avoidance of the upper torso and upper limb areas, and (2) touching VH shoulder and upper limbs areas is predicted by concerns with own stomach area and avoidance of VH lower torso and stomach waist areas. Our results tend to support the avoidance hypothesis as well as other research findings on anti-fat attitudes. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature.},
note = {Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH},
keywords = {body image, Body parts, Image Enhancement, Upper limbs, Virtual humans, virtual reality, Virtual-reality environment},
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Evidence suggests that dissatisfaction with body image in women can be enhanced by exposure to media’s idealized images. The theory of social comparison and the avoidance hypothesis offer contradictory explanations of this relationship. We compare these two theories using a haptic virtual reality environment. We ask 42 female participants to interact with one of four types of virtual humans (VH) randomly assigned to them. The interaction task involves giving a virtual hug to a normal weight or overweight male or female VH. We verify the hypothesis that participants’ satisfaction with particular body parts and their anti-fat attitudes will determine the choice of the body area of the VH they will virtually touch. Our results show that: (1) touching VH lower torso is predicted by less anti-fat attitude, and avoidance of the upper torso and upper limb areas, and (2) touching VH shoulder and upper limbs areas is predicted by concerns with own stomach area and avoidance of VH lower torso and stomach waist areas. Our results tend to support the avoidance hypothesis as well as other research findings on anti-fat attitudes. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature.
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Robillard, G.; Bouchard, S.; Dumoulin, S.; Guitard, T.; Klinger, É.
Using virtual humans to alleviate social anxiety: Preliminary report from a comparative outcome study Proceedings Article
In: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, pp. 57–60, IOS Press, 2010, ISBN: 978-1-60750-560-0, (ISSN: 09269630).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Anxiety, Combined treatment, Empirical studies, Multicomponents, Public speaking, Social anxieties, Surveys, Treatment group, Virtual humans, virtual reality
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title = {Using virtual humans to alleviate social anxiety: Preliminary report from a comparative outcome study},
author = {G. Robillard and S. Bouchard and S. Dumoulin and T. Guitard and É. Klinger},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77954595913&doi=10.3233%2f978-1-60750-561-7-57&partnerID=40&md5=7fffc02f424ff1cb8811bca70f1e7bbd},
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year = {2010},
date = {2010-01-01},
booktitle = {Studies in Health Technology and Informatics},
volume = {154},
pages = {57–60},
publisher = {IOS Press},
abstract = {Empirical studies have consistently shown the effectiveness of a multicomponent CBT treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD). Previous outcome studies on virtual reality and SAD have focused on people suffering from fear of public speaking and not full blown SAD. In this study, 45 adults receiving a DSM-IV-TR diagnostic of social anxiety were randomly assigned to traditional CBT treatment (with in vivo exposure), CBT-VR combined treatment, or a waiting list. Results show significant reduction of anxiety on all questionnaires as well as statistically significant interactions between both treatment groups and the waiting list. © 2010 The Interactive Media Institute and IOS Press. All rights reserved.},
note = {ISSN: 09269630},
keywords = {Anxiety, Combined treatment, Empirical studies, Multicomponents, Public speaking, Social anxieties, Surveys, Treatment group, Virtual humans, virtual reality},
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Empirical studies have consistently shown the effectiveness of a multicomponent CBT treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD). Previous outcome studies on virtual reality and SAD have focused on people suffering from fear of public speaking and not full blown SAD. In this study, 45 adults receiving a DSM-IV-TR diagnostic of social anxiety were randomly assigned to traditional CBT treatment (with in vivo exposure), CBT-VR combined treatment, or a waiting list. Results show significant reduction of anxiety on all questionnaires as well as statistically significant interactions between both treatment groups and the waiting list. © 2010 The Interactive Media Institute and IOS Press. All rights reserved.