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ERIC Number: EJ1461667
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1042-1726
EISSN: EISSN-1867-1233
Available Date: 2023-12-17
Effects and Acceptability of Virtual Reality to Facilitate Mindfulness Practice in University Students
Marta Modrego-Alarcón1,2,3; Héctor Morillo1,2,3; Daniel Campos1,3; María Teresa Navarro-Gil1,2,3; Jesús Montero-Marín4,5,6; Alicia Monreal-Bartolomé1,2,7; Javier García-Campayo1,2,7; Yolanda López-Del-Hoyo1,2,7
Journal of Computing in Higher Education, v37 n1 p273-298 2025
Mindfulness practices have proven to be effective for improving the mental health of many populations, including university students. However, these practices can be challenging for naive meditators. Virtual reality (VR) can create virtual scenarios that facilitate the practice of mindfulness. This study presents secondary data from a randomized controlled trial on the effects and acceptability of mindfulness-based VR environments conducted with a sample of university students. Specifically, it involved a single condition (n = 93) receiving an intervention that comprised six short mindfulness sessions in VR. Measurements were taken of participants' state mindfulness and emotional state immediately before and after the implementation of each VR environment. Sense of presence was measured subsequent to each VR environment. Furthermore, participants were asked to rate their expectations for at baseline and satisfaction with the experience after the intervention. Participants significantly improved both state mindfulness and emotional states, and they reported a moderate-to-strong sense of presence in each of the VR environments. Moreover, participants reported high expectation and satisfaction scores for the intervention. This study shows the potential of VR in mindfulness, although there is a need for more research in this area and, in particular, more sophisticated trial designs.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Spain
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: 1Institute for Health Research Aragon (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain; 2Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Network (redIAPP), Zaragoza, Spain; 3Universidad de Zaragoza, Departamento de Psicología y Sociología, Facultad de Educación, Zaragoza, Spain; 4Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Teaching, Research and Innovation Unit, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain; 5University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Oxford, UK; 6Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology & Public Health (CIBER Epidemiology and Public Health - CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; 7Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain