Social anxiety is a common, debilitating psychological problem. In the present study, two meta-analyses examined the efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy for social anxiety. The first meta-analysis tested whether virtual reality exposure therapy reduces social anxiety more than a waitlist control condition. The results of the first meta-analysis, consisting of six studies and 233 participants, showed a significant overall effect size, indicating that virtual reality exposure therapy was effective in reducing social anxiety. The second meta-analysis tested whether the standard treatment for social anxiety, which includes in vivo or imaginal exposure, leads to greater effects than virtual reality exposure therapy. The second meta-analysis, consisting of seven studies and 340 total participants, showed essentially no difference in effect sizes between virtual reality exposure and in vivo or imaginal exposure. The results of the two meta-analyses support the use of virtual reality in the treatment of social anxiety.

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虚拟现实暴露疗法治疗社交焦虑疗效的元分析

社交焦虑是一种常见的、使人衰弱的心理问题。在本研究中，两项荟萃分析检验了虚拟现实暴露疗法对社交焦虑的疗效。第一项荟萃分析测试了虚拟现实暴露疗法是否比候补名单控制条件更能减少社交焦虑。第一项荟萃分析的结果由六项研究和 233 名参与者组成，显示出显着的总体效应大小，表明虚拟现实暴露疗法在减少社交焦虑方面是有效的。第二项荟萃分析测试了社交焦虑的标准治疗（包括体内或想象暴露）是否比虚拟现实暴露疗法产生更大的效果。第二项荟萃分析由七项研究和 340 名参与者组成，显示虚拟现实暴露与体内或想象暴露之间的效应大小基本上没有差异。两项荟萃分析的结果支持使用虚拟现实治疗社交焦虑。