Behavioral intention of mental health practitioners toward the adoption of virtual humans in affect recognition training
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This paper explores the key factors influencing mental health professionals' behavioral intention to adopt virtual humans as a means of affect recognition training. Therapies targeting social cognition deficits are in high demand given that these deficits are related to a loss of functioning and quality of life in several neuropsychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders, affective disorders, and acquired brain injury. Therefore, developing new therapies would greatly improve the quality of life of this large cohort of patients. A questionnaire based on the second revision of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) questionnaire was used for this study. One hundred and twenty-four mental health professionals responded to the questionnaire after viewing a video presentation of the system. The results confirmed that mental health professionals showed a positive intention to use virtual reality tools to train affect recognition, as they allow manipulation of social interaction with patients. Further studies should be conducted with therapists from other countries to reach more conclusions.
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Facilitating conditions were nonsignificant in the same study, primarily attributed to the overall lack of VR equipment availability in Spanish hospitals.
“Facilitating conditions were nonsignificant in the same study, primarily attributed to the overall lack of VR equipment availability in Spanish hospitals [47].”
In a study examining mental health practitioners' acceptance of virtual humans, effort expectancy showed only a weak significant effect, with researchers explaining that society's standardized use of new technologies over the past decade has reduced fears about technological complexity and usage rejection.
“In a study examining mental health practitioners’ acceptance of virtual humans, effort expectancy showed only a weak significant effect, with researchers explaining that society’s standardized use of new technologies over the past decade has reduced fears about technological complexity and usage rejection [47].”
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- Authors
- García, A. S., Fernández-Sotos, P., González, P., Navarro, E., Rodriguez-Jimenez, R., & Fernández-Caballero, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Castilla-La Mancha (ES)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (ES)
- Venue
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2022-10-12
- Volume
- 13
- Pages
- 934880-934880
- ISSN
- 1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9600723
- OpenAlex
- W4304695082
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1
- FWCI
- 0.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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- Frontiers in Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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- Funders
- Agencia Estatal de Investigación (PID2020-115220RB-C21)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- Keywords
- virtual humans, behavioral intention, mental health professionals, UTAUT2, technology acceptance, social cognition deficits, virtual reality therapy, schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, mood disorders, acquired brain injury
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