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Embodying Compassion: A Virtual Reality Paradigm for Overcoming Excessive Self-Criticism

Overview of attention for article published in PLOS ONE, November 2014
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Title
Embodying Compassion: A Virtual Reality Paradigm for Overcoming Excessive Self-Criticism
Published in
PLOS ONE, November 2014
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0111933
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Authors

Caroline J. Falconer, Mel Slater, Aitor Rovira, John A. King, Paul Gilbert, Angus Antley, Chris R. Brewin

Abstract

Virtual reality has been successfully used to study and treat psychological disorders such as phobias and posttraumatic stress disorder but has rarely been applied to clinically-relevant emotions other than fear and anxiety. Self-criticism is a ubiquitous feature of psychopathology and can be treated by increasing levels of self-compassion. We exploited the known effects of identification with a virtual body to arrange for healthy female volunteers high in self-criticism to experience self-compassion from an embodied first-person perspective within immersive virtual reality. Whereas observation and practice of compassionate responses reduced self-criticism, the additional experience of embodiment also increased self-compassion and feelings of being safe. The results suggest potential new uses for immersive virtual reality in a range of clinical conditions.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Japan 3 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Indonesia 1 <1%
Senegal 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Argentina 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 411 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 67 16%
Student > Master 64 15%
Student > Bachelor 55 13%
Researcher 48 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 26 6%
Other 68 16%
Unknown 94 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 171 41%
Computer Science 31 7%
Social Sciences 19 5%
Neuroscience 16 4%
Medicine and Dentistry 15 4%
Other 59 14%
Unknown 111 26%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 127. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 August 2018.
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#274,267
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Outputs from PLOS ONE
#4,092
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#2,997
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Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#103
of 4,984 outputs
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