Feasibility of a virtual reality program to treat children with fear of darkness with nonexpert therapists

Feasibility of a virtual reality program to treat children with fear of darkness with nonexpert therapists

Fear of darkness is highly prevalent and stable in children and often ends up becoming a specific situational phobia. The aim of this study is to analyze the feasibility of adapting and applying it through a Virtual Reality (VR) tool by nonexpert therapists. A pre-experimental study was carried...

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Main Authors:	Mateu Servera, Belén Sáez, Joan Miquel Gelabert Mir
Format:	Article
Language:	Spanish
Published:	Universidad Miguel Hernández 2020-05-01
Series:	Revista de Psicología Clínica con Niños y Adolescentes
Subjects:	fear of darkness virtual reality treatment childhood phobia exposure therapy.
Online Access:	https://www.revistapcna.com/sites/default/files/004.pdf

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