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Validation of a virtual reality risk assessment tool: the VR balloon analogue risk task
Oude Heuvel, Y. (2023) Validation of a virtual reality risk assessment tool: the VR balloon analogue risk task.
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| Abstract: | This study attempts to validate a virtual reality (VR) version of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART). The BART is a behavioral measure of a person’s risk taking propensity (RTP). Using a virtual reality environment instead of a regular computer interface for this task can make the task more closely resemble a real situation, and thereby improve its validity. The original BART validation study (Lejuez et al., 2002) is replicated, with a VR BART in addition to a regular computer-based (CB) BART. The VR BART could not be validated with the current results. However, by comparing the CB and VR BARTs in the current sample, insights into the the use of VR for RTP assessment are gained. This study shows that people are more immersed and act more risk-averse in a VR BART. This study argues that the fact that people take less risks in the same task when they are more immersed in the task environment, indicates that a VR BART is better at capturing peoples natural behavior than a CB BART. This supports the idea that VR improves RTP behavioral assessments such as the BART. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology MSc (66604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/95659 |
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