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Meeting Oneself in a Virtual Reality (VR) Environment: Can a Visual Representation of Oneself in a VR-environment be Used to Affect Experience of Self?
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Department of Social and Psychological Studies (from 2013).
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Department of Social and Psychological Studies (from 2013).
2020 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Sense of self plays an important role in human wellbeing and everyday functioning. The experience of self can be affected through perspective taking exercises, which Virtual Reality-technology (VR) can facilitate. This study assumes a Relational Frame Theory-perspective on sense of self as various types of patterns of relational responding about oneself. The study investigates if a visual representation of oneself in a VR-environment (the VR-intervention) can be used to affect the experience of self, in a non-clinical sample (n = 6). Participants' experiences of the VR-intervention and themselves are also investigated. A Single-Case Experimental Design (SCED) and qualitative interviews were used to answer the research questions. The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (the IRAP) was conducted as a repeated measure to assess patterns of relational responding about oneself. The qualitative interviews were analyzed thematically. Participant 4 was only included in the thematic analysis due to failed measurements in the IRAP.           Changes in patterns of relational responding about oneself after the VR-intervention, measured with the IRAP, were detected for three participants. Interpretation of change was difficult for two participants, due to high variability in the IRAP. The VR-intervention was unanimously described as a positive experience, enabling an outside perspective. No systematic connection between the IRAP-data and qualitative findings were detected. The results indicate that VR has potential as a therapeutic tool, that patterns of relational responding seem to fluctuate in the IRAP, and that there is a disparity between descriptions about oneself and patterns of relational responding about oneself.

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2020.
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-78121OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-78121DiVA, id: diva2:1439034
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Psychology
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Master of science in psychology programme
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What if you could see yourself with my eyes? -Affecting the experience of self by seeing oneself from an outside perspective in a Virtual Reality environmentAvailable from: 2020-06-24 Created: 2020-06-11 Last updated: 2020-06-24Bibliographically approved

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