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The Effect of Restorative Environment and Presence Based on Virtual Reality for Anxiety and Depression

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This research designed several virtual environments and interactive activities, explored how to design and develop VR psychological intervention scenarios for people with anxiety and depression mood, and optimized related products or services. Study 1 adopted 2 (pre-test and post-test) *2 (anxiety and depression state) *4 (VR scenarios) experimental design and Study 2 adopted 2 (pre-test and post-test) *5 (VR scenarios) experimental design. The results showed that: (1) restorative and present VR scenarios were effective in intervening anxiety and depression, especially for improving state anxiety; (2) environmental elements and interactive activities were key factors influencing the improvement of anxiety and depression; (3) EEG and EMG could study the mechanism of VR scenarios to provide a theoretical basis for designing VR psychological intervention tools.

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The study was supported by the Technical Support Research on Forest Restorative Function in State-owned Forests(2018-R17) from State Forestry and Grassland Administration.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, People’s Republic of China

    Zhimeng Wang & Jianping Wu

  2. Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, People’s Republic of China

    Zhimeng Wang, Jingchen An, Yufan Zhao, Ziyi Wang, Yue Yu & Ting Jiang

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Wang, Z. et al. (2021). The Effect of Restorative Environment and Presence Based on Virtual Reality for Anxiety and Depression. In: Ahram, T.Z., Falcão, C.S. (eds) Advances in Usability, User Experience, Wearable and Assistive Technology. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 275. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80091-8_34

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