Cited by 501Virtual Reality Applications and ImpactsAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

A controlled study of virtual reality exposure therapy for the fear of flying.

Rothbaum, Barbara Olasov, Hodges, Larry, Smith, Samantha, Lee, Jeong Hwan, Price, Larry·2000·Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Abstract

Fear of flying (FOF) affects an estimated 10-25% of the population. Patients with FOF (N = 49) were randomly assigned to virtual reality exposure (VRE) therapy, standard exposure (SE) therapy, or a wait-list (WL) control. Treatment consisted of 8 sessions over 6 weeks, with 4 sessions of anxiety management training followed by either exposure to a virtual airplane (VRE) or exposure to an actual airplane at the airport (SE). A posttreatment flight on a commercial airline measured participants' willingness to fly and anxiety during flight immediately after treatment. The results indicated that VRE and SE were both superior to WL, with no differences between VRE and SE. The gains observed in treatment were maintained at a 6-month follow up. By 6 months posttreatment, 93% of VRE participants and 93% of SE participants had flown. VRE therapy and SE therapy for treatment of FOF were unequivocally supported in this controlled study.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1037/0022-006x.68.6.1020

Cites

15 of 15 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Claims the paper makes

We couldn’t retrieve this paper’s full text, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Rothbaum, B. O., Hodges, L., Smith, S., Lee, J. H., & Price, L.
Affiliations
Emory University (US)
Venue
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Published
2000-12
Volume
68
Issue
6
Pages
1020-1026
ISSN
  • 0022-006X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-2117
OpenAlex
W4250286362
Cited by
501
References
15
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 18
FWCI
18.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (1-R41-MH58493-01, R41MH058493)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
Keywords
virtual reality exposure therapy, fear of flying, aviophobia, phobia treatment
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Agoraphobia, Aircraft, Desensitization, Psychologic, Fear, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Phobic Disorders, User-Computer Interface, Panic Disorder, Treatment Outcome

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review