Free, Katherine;
(2024)
“This is me”: Participant Experiences of Creating and Using Personalised Avatars within Virtual Reality.
Doctoral thesis (D.Clin.Psy), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
Aims: Self-criticism is a transdiagnostic process and has been found to be a vulnerability factor for a wide range of psychopathology. This review aimed to investigate the effectiveness of digital interventions for reducing self-criticism, and to synthesise the findings from randomised controlled trials. Method: Three electronic databases, PsycINFO, Web of Science and Medline, were searched from their inception to February 2024 for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating any digital intervention and its effect on self-criticism outcomes. The author assessed study eligibility for inclusion, with a second reviewer independently assessing 10% of the full papers. Data were extracted, and a risk of bias assessment was conducted for all selected studies. The results were synthesised narratively. Results: Out of the 2043 articles identified, 58 papers were reviewed in full, and 21 papers met the inclusion criteria (N = 2,254 participants). Seventeen studies utilised webbased intervention delivery, two used mobile applications, and two used webconferencing platforms. Most interventions focused on cultivating self-compassion and utilised stand-alone unguided formats. All studies involved multi-component interventions, with treatment length ranging from 7 to 70 days. Positive impacts of the online interventions on self-criticism were reported in 17 studies, and 12 studies found this effect was sustained at follow-up. Conclusion: This review indicates that digital interventions are effective in reducing levels of self-criticism in nonclinical populations. The studies included in this review primarily consisted of short-term and unguided interventions, making them relatively lowresource. However, the longer-term impact of these interventions is unclear, and there is a need for studies investigating the strength of these effects over time, particularly within clinical populations.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | D.Clin.Psy |
| Title: | “This is me”: Participant Experiences of Creating and Using Personalised Avatars within Virtual Reality |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2024. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10198152 |
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