Volume 10 - Summer 2012
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface v
Brenda K. Wiederhold and Giuseppe Riva
Editorial
Guided Internet Treatment for Anxiety Disorders. As Effective as Face-To-Face Therapies? 3
Gerhard Andersson
Inter-Reality in the Evaluation and Treatment of Psychological Stress Disorders: The INTERSTRESS Project 8
Pietro Cipresso, Andrea Gaggioli, Silvia Serino, Simona Raspelli, Cinzia Vigna, Federica Pallavicini and Giuseppe Riva
Modeling the Social Networking Experience Objectifying the Subjective 12
Pietro Cipresso, Silvia Serino, Andrea Gaggioli and Giuseppe Riva
The Use of Virtual Reality in the Treatment of Eating Disorders 17
Marta Ferrer-García and José Gutiérrez-Maldonado
Lessons Learned from the Development of Technological Support for PTSD Prevention: A Review 22
Vanessa Vakili, Willem-Paul Brinkman and Mark A. Neerincx
Virtual Worlds and Avatars as the New Frontier of Telehealth Care 27
J. Morie, E. Haynes, E. Chance and D. Purohit
Adapting Computerized Treatments into Traditional Psychotherapy for Depression 32
James Overholser
What Is Positive Technology and Its Impact on CyberPsychology 37
Giuseppe Riva
Human Computer Confluence Applied in Healthcare and Rehabilitation 42
Isabelle Viaud-Delmon, Andrea Gaggioli, Alois Ferscha and Stephen Dunne
A Brief Review of Positive Technology in Europe and the USA 46
Brenda Wiederhold
Evaluations Studies
Promotion of Emotional Wellbeing in Oncology Inpatients Using VR 53
Macarena Espinoza, Rosa M. Baños, Azucena García-Palacios, José M. Cervera, Gaspar Esquerdo, Enrique Barrajón and Cristina Botella
Mobilizing Bystanders of Cyberbullying: An Exploratory Study into Behavioural Determinants of Defending the Victim 58
Ann Desmet, Sara Bastiaensens, Katrien Van Cleemput, Karolien Poels, Heidi Vandebosch and Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
Influence of Parental Attitudes Towards Internet Use on the Employment of Online Safety Measures at Home 64
Georgios Floros, Konstantinos Siomos, Evaggelia Dafouli, Virginia Fisoun and Dimitrios Geroukalis
Outcomes from a Pilot Study Using Computer-Based Rehabilitative Tools in a Military Population 71
Katherine W. Sullivan, Julia E. Quinn, Michael Pramuka, Laura A. Sharkey and Louis M. French
Nicotine Craving: ERPs Correlates After VR Exposure to Smoking Cues 78
Pedro Gamito, Jorge Oliveira, André Baptista, Diogo Morais, Paulo Lopes, Tomaz Saraiva, Pedro Rosa, Nuno Santos, Fábio Soares, Catarina Sottomayor and Filipa Barata
Reliability and Validity of TIPS Wireless ECG Prototypes 83
Alejandro Rodríguez, Jaime Guixeres, Beatriz Rey and Mariano Alcañiz
Associations Between Facial Emotion Recognition, Cognition and Alexithymia in Patients with Schizophrenia: Comparison of Photographic and Virtual Reality Presentations 88
J. Gutiérrez-Maldonado, M. Rus-Calafell, S. Márquez-Rejón and J. Ribas-Sabaté
Postural Control of Elderly: Moving to Predictable and Unpredictable Targets 93
Vera Jongman, Claudine J.C. Lamoth, Helco van Keeken and Simone R. Caljouw
Assessment of Executive Functions in Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by NeuroVR 98
Filippo La Paglia, Caterina La Cascia, Rosalinda Rizzo, Giuseppe Riva and Daniele La Barbera
Exergaming for Elderly: Effects of Different Types of Game Feedback on Performance of a Balance Task 103
Claudine J.C. Lamoth, Rolinde Alingh and Simone R. Caljouw
Balance Recovery Through Virtual Stepping Exercises Using Kinect Skeleton Tracking: A Follow-Up Study with Chronic Stroke Patients 108
Roberto Lloréns, Mariano Alcañiz, Carolina Colomer and María Dolores Navarro
Effectiveness Evaluation for Short-Term Group Pre-Deployment VR Computer-Assisted Stress Inoculation Training Provided to Polish ISAF Soldiers 113
Stanislaw Ilnicki, Brenda K. Wiederhold, Justyna Maciolek, Ludmila Kosinska, Sylwia Szymanska, Maciej Zbyszewski, Anna Siatkowska, Ewelina Opalko-Piotrkiewicz, Piotr Ilnicki, Monika Filarowska, Anna Glibowska, Dorota Borzetka, Katarzyna Pleskacz and Piotr Murawski
Using Virtual Week to Assess Prospective Memory in Younger and Older Adults 118
Giovanna Mioni, Franca Stablum and Peter G. Rendell
Smiling Is Fun: A Coping with Stress and Emotion Regulation Program 123
Cristina Botella, Adriana Mira, Azucena Garcia-Palacios, Soledad Quero, Ma. Vicenta Navarro, Antonio Riera López Del Amo, Guadalupe Molinari, Diana Castilla, Inés Moragrega, Carla Soler, Mariano Alcañiz and Rosa Maria Baños
The Effectiveness of VR Exposure Therapy for PTSD in Returning Warfighters 128
Sarah D. Miyahira, Raymond A. Folen, Hunter G. Hoffman, Azucena Garcia-Palacios, James L. Spira and Michelle Kawasaki
Bottom-Up and Top-Down Influences of Beliefs on Emotional Responses: Fear of Heights in a Virtual Environment 133
Andreas Mühlberger, Roland Neumann, Ljubica Lozo, Mathias Müller and Marc Hettinger
Implicit Theory Manipulations Affecting Efficacy of a Smartphone Application Aiding Speech Therapy for Parkinson’s Patients 138
Peter Nolan, Sherria Hoskins, Julia Johnson, Vaughan Powell, K. Ray Chaudhuri and Roger Eglin
Mindfulness Training Online for Stress Reduction, a Global Measure 143
Miguel Quintana and Oswaldo Rivera
Psychophysiologic Identification of Subthreshold PTSD in Combat Veterans 149
Michael J. Roy, Michelle Costanzo and Suzanne Leaman
On the Comparison of VR-Responses, as Performance Measures in Prospective Memory, with Auditory P300 Responses in MCI Detection 156
Ioannis Tarnanas, Nikos Laskaris and Magda Tsolaki
Original Research
Tackling Sensitive Issues Using a Game-Based Environment: Serious Game for Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) 165
Katherine Brown, Sylvester Arnab, Julie Bayley, Katie Newby, Puja Joshi, Becky Judd, Alison Baxter and Samatha Clarke
Changing Heartbeat Perception to Induce Anxiety in Virtual Environments 172
Luca Chittaro
Quality of Experience in Real and Virtual Environments: Some Suggestions for the Development of Positive Technologies 177
Andrea Gaggioli
A System for Automatic Detection of Momentary Stress in Naturalistic Settings 182
Andrea Gaggioli, Giovanni Pioggia, Gennaro Tartarisco, Giovanni Baldus, Marcello Ferro, Pietro Cipresso, Silvia Serino, Andrei Popleteev, Silvia Gabrielli, Rosa Maimone and Giuseppe Riva
Immersive Virtual Environment for Visuo-Vestibular Therapy: Preliminary Results 187
J.D. Gascuel, H. Payno, S. Schmerber and O. Martin
Automatic Mechanisms for Measuring Subjective Unit of Discomfort 192
Dwi Hartanto, Ni Kang, Willem-Paul Brinkman, Isabel L. Kampmann, Nexhmedin Morina, Paul G.M. Emmelkamp and Mark A. Neerincx
Please Note: The lead author of the article has informed us about a number of errors identified in paper's result section, and they like to point readers to an erratum that can be found at doi:
https://doi.org/10.4121/uuid:4e3e8758-cac4-4848-8d8d-a28eea63a1c1
Pulse Oximeter Based Mobile Biotelemetry Application 197
Ali Hakan Isik and "nan Güler
Socially Anxious People Reveal More Personal Information with Virtual Counselors That Talk About Themselves Using Intimate Human Back Stories 202
Sin-Hwa Kang and Jonathan Gratch
Use of Internet in an Italian Clinical Sample 207
Caterina La Cascia, Filippo La Paglia, Antonio Francomano and Daniele La Barbera
Online Social Networking and the Experience of Cyber-Bullying 212
Bridianne O’Dea and Andrew Campbell
Designing Virtual Audiences for Fear of Public Speaking Training – An Observation Study on Realistic Nonverbal Behavior 218
Sandra Poeschl and Nicola Doering
Using Portable EEG Devices to Evaluate Emotional Regulation Strategies During Virtual Reality Exposure 223
Beatriz Rey, Alejandro Rodríguez and Mariano Alcañiz
Electro-Physiological Data Fusion for Stress Detection 228
Alejandro Riera, Aureli Soria-Frisch, Anton Albajes-Eizagirre, Pietro Cipresso, Carles Grau, Stephen Dunne and Giulio Ruffini
Involving Elderly Users in Design: Techniques to Collect Preferences for Interactive Digital Television 233
Anna Spagnolli, Luciano Gamberini, Francisco Ibanez, Maria Elena Fabregat, Tijana Debelic and Valeria Orso
Auditory-Visual Integration of Emotional Signals in a Virtual Environment for Cynophobia 238
Marine Taffou, Emmanuelle Chapoulie, Adrien David, Rachid Guerchouche, George Drettakis and Isabelle Viaud-Delmon
User Validation of an Empathic Virtual Buddy Against Cyberbullying 243
Janneke M. van der Zwaan, Elke Geraerts, Virginia Dignum and Catholijn M. Jonker
Virtual Representations of the Self: Engaging Teenagers in Emotional Regulation Strategies Learning 248
Maja Wrzesien, Beatriz Rey, Mariano Alcañiz, Rosa Baños, Mario Gómez Martínez, David Pérez-López, Alejandro Rodríguez Ortega, Paloma Rasal, Elena Parra Vargas and Jaime Guixeres Provinciale
Analysis of Online Social Networking Peer Health Educators 253
Sean D. Young
Clinical Observations
The Use of VR Distraction to Decrease Pain After Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: A Case Study 263
Kattia Cabas Hoyus, Georgina Cardenas-López, Jose Gutierrez Maldonado, Ma. Fernanda Ruiz-Esquivel and Gonzalo Torres-Villalobos
PHIT for Duty, a Mobile Approach for Psychological Health Intervention 268
Paul N. Kizakevich, Robert Hubal, Janice Brown, Jennifer Lyden, James Spira, Randall Eckhoff, Yuying Zhang, Stephanie Bryant and Gilberto Munoz
An Online Emotional Regulation System to Deliver Homework Assignments for Treating Adjustment Disorders 273
Soledad Quero, Mar Molés, M. Angeles Pérez-Ara, Cristina Botella and Rosa M. Baños
Virtual Reality in the Treatment of Body Image Disturbances After Bariatric Surgery: A Clinical Case 278
Giuseppe Riva, Georgina Cárdenas-López, Ximena Duran, Gonzalo M. Torres-Villalobos and Andrea Gaggioli
Improving Social Behaviour in Schizophrenia Patients Using an Integrated Virtual Reality Programme: A Case Study 283
M. Rus-Calafell, J. Gutiérrez-Maldonado and J. Ribas-Sabaté
Real-Time Monitoring of Behavioural Parameters Related to Psychological Stress 287
Dimitris Giakoumis, Anastasios Drosou, Pietro Cipresso, Dimitrios Tzovaras, George Hassapis, Andrea Gaggioli and Giuseppe Riva
Virtual Reality for Smoking Cessation: A Case Report 292
Irene Pericot-Valverde, Olaya García-Rodríguez, Marta Ferrer-García, Roberto Secades-Villa and José Gutiérrez-Maldonado
Therapeutic Effectiveness of a Virtual Reality Game in Self-Awareness After Acquired Brain Injury 297
Roberto Lloréns, María Dolores Navarro, Mariano Alcañiz and Enrique Noé
Work in Progress
Use of a Virtual Integrated Environment in Prosthetic Limb Development and Phantom Limb Pain 305
Aimee L. Alphonso, Brett T. Monson, Michael J. Zeher, Robert S. Armiger, Sharon R. Weeks, J.M. Burck, C. Moran, R. Davoodie, G. Loeb, Paul F. Pasquina and Jack W. Tsao
EARTH of Wellbeing: A Place to Live Positive Emotions 310
Rosa Baños, Cristina Botella, Ernestina Etchemendy and Luis Farfallini
FRIEND: A Brain-Monitoring Agent for Adaptive and Assistive Systems 314
Alexis Morris and Mihaela Ulieru
A Motor Imagery Based Brain-Computer Interface for Stroke Rehabilitation 319
R. Ortner, D.-C. Irimia, J. Scharinger and C. Guger
A Robotic & Virtual Reality Orthopedic Rehabilitation System for the Forearm 324
Miguel A. Padilla-Castaneda, Edoardo Sotgiu, Antonio Frisoli and Massimo Bergamasco
Psychosocial Implications of Avatar Use in Supporting Therapy for Depression 329
Claudia Pagliari, Christopher Burton, Brian McKinstry, Aurora Szentatotai, Daniel David, Antoni Serrano Blanco, Luis Ferrini, Susanna Albertini, Joan Carlos Castro, Soraya Estevez and Maria Wolters
GameTeen: New Tools for Evaluating and Training Emotional Regulation Strategies 334
Alejandro Rodríguez, Beatriz Rey, Mariano Alcañiz, Rosa Baños, Jaime Guixeres, Maja Wrzesien, Mario Gómez, David Pérez, Paloma Rasal and Elena Parra
Innovative ICT Solutions to Improve Treatment Outcomes for Depression: The ICT4Depression Project 339
Lisanne Warmerdam, Heleen Riper, Michel Klein, Pepijn van den Ven, Artur Rocha, Mario Ricardo Henriques, Eric Tousset, Hugo Silva, Gerhard Andersson and Pim Cuijpers