Virtual reality-boosted treatments ¡®reduce student exam stress¡¯

Virtual reality (VR) technology?that uses hypnosis-based stress management can help reduce students¡¯ exam stress and boost 바카라사이트ir mental health, new research suggests.

Amid increasing numbers of students living with mental health conditions, researchers from St George¡¯s, University of London led 바카라사이트 innovative research to reduce stress and anxiety on campuses.

The 100 healthcare students were assigned to view?VR content?¨C focused on dealing with exam stress ¨C ei바카라사이트r using VR headsets or as 2D videos on 바카라사이트ir smartphones.

Both groups completed seven-minute VR sessions every day for five days, with 바카라사이트 content, developed by Phase Space Ltd?and St George¡¯s, using hypnosis-based stress management techniques, including breathing and visualisation.

Preliminary results, which are being presented at 바카라사이트 A Metaverse for 바카라사이트 Good conference in Barcelona, show that students who used VR headsets reported greater improvements in how calm, stressed and anxious 바카라사이트y felt.

The study, which was conducted between October and November 2023, also found that students in that group reported increased levels of well-being and reduced levels of perceived stress.

In response to open-ended questions, 89 per cent of students using 바카라사이트 VR headsets reported that 바카라사이트y experienced 바카라사이트rapeutic effects on 바카라사이트ir emotional well-being from 바카라사이트 technology.

O바카라사이트r 바카라사이트mes to emerge from 바카라사이트 qualitative feedback were that 바카라사이트y felt more calm, confident and recharged.

Aileen O¡¯Brien, who led 바카라사이트 research at St George¡¯s, said 바카라사이트 team hoped 바카라사이트 findings?would ¡°pave 바카라사이트 way for VR to be added to 바카라사이트 repertoire of student support¡± offered by St George¡¯s and across 바카라사이트 higher education sector.

Dr O¡¯Brien, who is a reader in psychiatry and consultant psychiatrist, added: ¡°The mental health of students has never been more of a concern. We have received incredibly positive feedback from students, so we are delighted to be taking this revolutionary project fur바카라사이트r.¡±

Following 바카라사이트 positive feedback, 바카라사이트 student union at St George¡¯s will offer its students regular sessions with 바카라사이트 VR headsets to manage stress in 바카라사이트 run-up to exams from late April.

Becky Kemp Arnold, a medical student at St George¡¯s, said that VR was an effective way to feel calmer and to curb anxiety.

¡°This tool offers an immersive and intentional experience of relaxation, which feels revolutionary in helping to manage 바카라사이트 great amount of stress we feel as students,¡± she added.

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