The Influence of Music on Response to Virtual Reality-Based Exposure for Acrophobia
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Acrophobia (Fear of Heights)
研究概览
简要总结
Exposure-based cognitive behavior therapy is an efficacious treatment for acrophobia (fear of heights) and has been delivered effectively in a virtual reality (VR) environment. The present study is designed to evaluate the effects of liked, non-lyrical background music on the efficacy of a brief VR exposure intervention.
详细描述
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare acrophobia (fear of heights) outcomes for VR exposure therapy in college students with elevated acrophobia when listening to music during exposure versus no music. The overarching aim of the current study is to determine how liked, non-lyrical background music will influence acrophobia outcomes after a brief exposure therapy session in VR.
The study involves three phases: (1) initial screening, (2) in-person assessment and a brief exposure intervention for a subset of participants with elevated acrophobia, and (3) a one-week follow-up assessment conducted online. Students who choose to participate and screen high on an acrophobia scale will be assigned to an experimental or control condition prior to undergoing VR based exposure therapy. Acrophobia outcomes are measured immediately post-intervention and one week later.
Researchers will compare participants in the music condition to participants in the non-music condition to see if acrophobia outcomes differ.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Self-report of 18 years of age or older
- •Current student at Boston University
- •Ability to read English to provide informed consent
- •Familiarity with a computer keyboard and mouse or a touch screen device (e.g. phone, tablet)
- •For Phase 2: Acrophobia score of ≥ 45.45 on the Acrophobia Questionnaire (AQ) Anxiety Subscale
排除标准
- •Previous participation (i.e. no participant may take the survey more than once).
研究组 & 干预措施
Exposure Intervention with Non-Lyrical, Liked Background Music
Participants will be presented with a list of instrumental songs without lyrics from popular movies. Participants will then rank the songs in order of those they would like to hear the most. During VR heights exposure the participants' highest-ranked songs will be played in the background at a low volume.
干预措施: Exposure Intervention Plus Music Induction (Behavioral)
Exposure Intervention without Background Music
Participants will undergo VR heights exposure without background music.
干预措施: Exposure Intervention With No Music Induction (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Acrophobia (Fear of Heights)
时间窗: Comparison of pre-exposure scores to scores from the follow-up survey one week after exposure
Assessed using the Acrophobia Questionnaire (AQ) Anxiety Subscale
次要结局
- Valance(Comparison of pre-exposure scores to scores from the follow-up survey one week after exposure)
- Height-Relevant Interpretations(Comparison of pre-exposure scores to scores from the follow-up survey one week after exposure)