A Trip to the Beach: Experimental Investigation of Mood, the Body, and Presence in Virtual Reality Meditation

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dc.contributor.advisorDavis, Donna
dc.contributor.authorBennett, Spencer
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-06T22:01:23Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-06
dc.description.abstractThis study sought to explore the effects of virtual reality (VR) as a technology that can potentially improve guided meditation practices; VR guided meditation sessions and audio guided meditation sessions were compared. Specifically, this study investigated VR’s impact on an individual’s self-perception of psychological factors that reflect mood or emotion; it also examined VR’s impact on an individual’s self-perception of presence and relaxation. After examination, VR guided meditation had no significant impact on an individual’s self-perception of mood and emotion or self-reported feelings of relaxation. However, guided VR meditation had a significant impact on an individual’s self-reported perception of presence; participants who meditated with VR felt “as if they were at the beach.” Although this study demonstrated that a fairly inexpensive VR system can enhance feelings of presence, that sense of presence did not enhance feelings of well-being and relaxation; this could be attributed to the novelty effect.en_US
dc.description.embargo2020-09-06
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/23804
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY 4.0-US
dc.subjectEffectsen_US
dc.subjectMediaen_US
dc.subjectMeditationen_US
dc.subjectRealityen_US
dc.subjectVirtualen_US
dc.titleA Trip to the Beach: Experimental Investigation of Mood, the Body, and Presence in Virtual Reality Meditation
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineSchool of Journalism and Communication
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.S.

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