Immersive Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Social Phobia among Management Students

1Dr. D.M. Arvind Mallik

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Abstract:

Human’s ire social creatures. we intend into bond with friends, engage with coworkers, and impair up in relationships. Besides, we indeed interaction with other people but, for Students with social anxiety disorder( especially Stage Fear) may has an way to make them feel inferior which may results in stress and anxiety. It is this where virtual ideality therapy icon helps. Final Year Management Students with is principal diagnosis of social anxiety disorder( those who have stage fear) were identified randomly and were recruited from the class of 25 chosen as volunteer with an age gap of average 21( Age group 21-22). An explanatory research design was involved with participants assigned into and completed 8 sessions of manualized virtual ideality exposure therapy. Standardized itself-report measures were collected and analyzed in pretreatment and post treatment, and diagnostic status was reassessed for it 3-month follow-up. Our study results indicated that Virtual reality exposure therapy positively impact on MBA final year Students who have experienced Social anxiety( stage fear), drastically decreased over a period of time, confidentially Virtual reality exposure therapy resulted in regaining the lost confidence among chosen students . Early detection and intervention is highly recommended to help them and with Immersive VR can play a major role in eradicating students with fear of public speaking which can be implemented at institute level which is simple, cost effective and drastically will improve their confidence level provided Institutional support guaranteed by becoming an Innovative solution of Current Research by using futuristic emerging Technology

Keywords:

Virtual Reality, exposure therapy, social phobia, cognitive behavioral therapy, Students

Paper Details
Month2
Year2020
Volume24
IssueIssue 2
Pages4924-4937