Volume 23 - Summer 2025

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface: Brenda K. Wiederhold and Giuseppe Riva

Section I. Editorial 

The Comfort-Growth Paradox of Technology: A Cyberpsychological Compass for Innovation 3 

Giuseppe Riva, Giulia Brizzi, Stefano De Gaspari, Stefania La Rocca, Federico Longoni, Eleonora Noselli, Chiara Pupillo, Giuseppe Passalacqua, Elisa Rabarbari, Elena Sajno, Maria Sansoni and Brenda K. Wiederhold 

Section II. Critical Reviews 

Beyond Rationality: Bridging Cognitive, Emotional, and Individual Differences in XAI Decision-Making 12 

Maria Sansoni, Andrea Beretta, Stefano De Gaspari, Fosca Giannotti, Dino Pedreschi, Roberto Pellungrini, Andrea Pugnana, Chiara Pupillo, Claudia Repetto, Elena Sajno, Daniela Villani and Giuseppe Riva 

Combining Cyber Psychology and Semantic Technologies: Towards Creating Transdisciplinary Scam Disruption Ontologies 20 

David Gaul, Ryan K L KO and Vallipuram Muthukkumarasamy 

Exploring Ethical AI in Digital Mental Health Therapy: Accountability, Transparency, and Empowerment in Southeast Asia 27 

Anantha Krishnan Raman Fesabas and Vinorra Shaker 

Radicalization and Technology-Generated Environments: A Living Scoping Review Protocol 33 

Ilaria Vergine, Barbara Lucini, Maria Cristina Martino, Marco Lombardi and Carlo Galimberti 

A Systematic Literature Review of Romance Scams and Cybersecurity Awareness in Asia 40 

Pattarathorn Watchaokvanat and Seyedmostafa Safavi 

Section III. Evaluation Studies 

Design and Usability of Immersive VR for Eating Disorders: Evidence from the ARCADIA-EVE Protocol 51 

Elisa Rabarbari, Anna Flavia Di Natale, Chiara Rossi, Fabio Frisone, Lorenzo Antichi, Stefania La Rocca, Martina Erba, Anna Invernizzi, Luca Milani, Emanuela Confalonieri, Osmano Oasi, Claudia Repetto, Daniela Villani, Andrea Gaggioli, and Giuseppe Riva 

Artificial Intelligence (AI)-assistive Devices and their Promise to Support Adaptive Functioning in Individuals with Neurodevelopmental Conditions 61 

Nina Perry, Kelsie Boulton and Adam Guastella 

Assessing telepresence when delivering psychotherapy in videoconference: relevance and test-retest reliability of the Telepresence Videoconference Scale 70 

Stéphane Bouchard, Carla Torres Pessanha and Kineta H. Tober 

Cyber Threat Behavior Detection using an Adaptive Machine Learning Framework with Cybercrime and Attack Profiling 76 

Ka Fei Thang, Julia Juremi, Jalil Md Desa, Ali Mahmoud Taha Makki and Ali Fenjan 

Investigating the Behavioral Impact of Video Game’s Social Elements on Motivation, Learning, and Student Engagement 83 

Chin Ike Tan, Andrew Campbell, Yaewon Jin, Vinorra Shaker, Hui-Peng Liew and Emma Van Der Schyff 

Mitigating Social Engineering Attacks: Psychological, Financial Impact, and a Conceptual Framework for Cybersecurity Awareness 90 

Ka Fei Thang, Vinesha Selvarajah, Zaid Ahmad and Abdulaleem Z Al- Othmani 

Reevaluating the Validity of the Online Security Behaviors & Beliefs Questionnaire for Gen Z African Americans 97 

Scott M. Debb, Paul F. Gilbert, Louise O’dea, and Valencia Lagbo 

Design, development, and validation of a virtual reality software for the treatment of fear of spiders: experiences and preliminary results 109

Karen Pérez-Maraví, Iván Montes-Iturrizaga, Jonathan Jara-Quispe, Diego Fernández Rivera and Leonel Revilla Cru 

Variability in Decision Making of Breast Cancer Radiologists and Commercial AI Models: Experimental Study 116 

Andrey V. Vlasov, Seungmin Jin, Mikhail G. Leonov and Alexis V. Belianin 

“I haven't heard of any patients using ChatGPT”: Health professionals’ perspectives on patients and GenAI 122 

Anna Janssen, Mia Nazir, Melanie Keep and Jane Ellen Carland 

Game Mechanics for Cyber harm awareness in the metaverse 129 

Sophie Mckenzie, Jeb Webb and Robin Doss 

Section IV. Original Research 

Addressing Cyber Violence Against Women Investigating Challenges, Impact, and Digital Security Solutions 139 

Ka Fei Thang, Vinesha Selvarajah, and Ismini Vasileiou 

Exploring Body Image and Self-Discrepancies Through Customizable 3D Avatars Using MySelf Desktop Tool 146 

Giulia Brizzi, Maria Sansoni, Luca Chittaro, Clelia Malighetti, Valentina Mancuso, Daniela Villani and Giuseppe Riva 

Beyond Likes and Filters: Exploring Malaysian University Students' Perceptions of Beauty in the Digital Age 152 

Vinorra Shaker and Anantha Krishnan Raman Fesabas 

Multi-segmental control of style 161 

Danping Wang, Yunchao Peng, Donovan Morel, Ioannis Bargiotas, Nicolas Vayatis, Lise Haddouk and Pierre-Paul Vidal 

Beyond Detection: Vision Transformer-Based Deepfake Detection with Public Awareness Strategies 167 

Yashveen Puvanesvaran, Joshua Samual, Amad Arshad and Aitizaz Ali 

College Student Perspectives on Political Polarization: Preliminary Results from Gen Z African Americans in the United States 175 

Scott M. Debb, Frank F. Gilbert, Louise O’dea, and Valencia Lagbo 

Social Science in AI Research: Interdisciplinary Needs vs. Hiring Realities 187 

Louise O’Dea and Scott M. Debb 

Deceptive Patterns and Defence: Teaching Cognitive Biases through Gamification 194 

Kamilya Salibayeva, Alexander Thorpe, Luke French, Zachary P. Fry, Hajime Inoue, Robert Forties, Emma Hewlett, Scott Brown and Ami Eidels

Multimodal influences of context, anxiety, and personality on the sense of presence in virtual reality: group trends and individual differences 201

Donovan Morel, Samuel Gruffaz, Daping Wang, Pierre-Paul Vidal, and Lise Haddouk 

The psychological risk-factors of cybervictimization 208 

Irina Prusova and Alisa Notkina 

The Hacker is Vulnerable Too: How Cognitive Science Can Inform Cybersecurity 215 

Alexander Thorpe, Luke French, Kamilya Salibayeva, Scott Brown, Ami Eidels, Robert Forties, Zachary Fry, Emma Hewlett and Hajime Inoue 

Videogaming and Social Capital: Investigating Digital Communities 222 

Emma L. Van Der Schyff, Krestina L. Amon, Rowena Forsyth and Andrew J. Campbell 

Decision Processes Contributing to Support and Willingness to Forward Links on the Ukraine War 228 

James G. Phillips and Leon Man 

The human behind the hack: exploiting the representativeness heuristic to combat cyber-attacks 235 

Luke French, Alexander Thorpe, Kamilya Salibayeva, Scott Brown, Ami Eidels, Robert Forties, Zak Fry, Emma Hewlett and Hajime Inoue

Section V. Clinical Observations 

A New Virtual Reality Environment to Improve Attention and VisuoSpatial Ability in Schizophrenic Patients 245 

Filippo La Paglia, Caterina La Cascia, Giuseppe Riva and Daniele La Barbera 

Comparison Breast Cancer Radiologists’ Decisions and Trained AI Classification Model: Experimental Study 251 

Andrey V. Vlasov, Seungmin Jin, Mikhail G. Leonov, and Alexis V. Belianin

Conducting exposure in virtual reality for the treatment of social phobia does lead to change in dysfunctional beliefs 258 

Stéphane Bouchard and Hélène Forget 

Design, implementation, and results of an online Psychological First Aid Program (CALMA) in Peru 265 

Iván Montes-Iturizzaga, Karen Pérez-Maravì and Giovanna Osorio-Romero 

Immersive Virtual Reality Experiences can Decrease Pain and Distress in Patients Living in Complex Care 272 

Lisa Sheehy, Hillel Finestone, Stéphane Bouchard, Katrina Dezeeuw, Paula Doering, Nicole Dunlop and Heidi Sveistrup

Section VI. Work In Progress 

AI Says I’m Better: Evaluating the Effect of AI Defer on Users. A Study Protocol 282 

Elena Sajno, Andrea Beretta, Stefano De Gaspari, Fosca Giannotti, Dino Pedreschi, Roberto Pellungrini, Andrea Pugnana, Chiara Pupillo, Claudia Repetto, Maria Sansoni, Daniela Villani, and Giuseppe Riva 

Counting the Cyber-security Awareness-Action Gap from Australasian Small Business’s Perspectives 289 

Tracy Tam, Asha RAO and Joanne Hall 

I Can Act, Lead, Defend: Co-designing a cyber safety education and training program for CALD Communities 295 

Farnaz Farid, Alana Maurushat, Abubakar Bello and Lyan Aljomeidi 

SUBJECT INDEX 306 

AUTHOR INDEX 308