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Embodying compassion: a virtual reality paradigm for overcoming excessive self-criticism

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Virtual reality has been successfully used to study and treat psychological disorders such as phobias and posttraumatic stress disorder but has rarely been applied to clinically-relevant emotions other than fear and anxiety. Self-criticism is a ubiquitous feature of psychopathology and can be treated by increasing levels of self-compassion. We exploited the known effects of identification with a virtual body to arrange for healthy female volunteers high in self-criticism to experience self-co...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1371/journal.pone.0111933

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Psychiatry
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Author
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
Journal:
PLoS One More from this journal
Volume:
9
Issue:
11
Pages:
e111933
Publication date:
2014-11-12
Acceptance date:
2014-10-02
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EISSN:
1932-6203
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pubs:724461
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uuid:810687ab-7db0-457b-92b5-666bfca74f6f
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pubs:724461
Source identifiers:
724461
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2017-08-29

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