Relationship between client laughter and session outcomes in metaverse counseling.

IF 2.7 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

BMC Psychology Pub Date : 2024-12-18 DOI:10.1186/s40359-024-02260-0

Jieun Kang, Woo Hyun Baek, Yeon Bin Jeong, Hyerin Yang, Seongchan Lee, Sang Min Lee

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Abstract

Considering the growing interest in VR psychotherapy, this study investigated the relationship between client laughter and session outcomes in metaverse counseling. To investigate the relationships between types of client laughter and session outcomes in metaverse counseling, we employed a multilevel analysis by separating the variables into two levels: session-level (between-sessions) and client-level (between-clients). The dataset included 159 sessions nested among 26 clients. This study found that clients' cheerful and nervous laughter positively impacted session outcomes at the session level (within individual clients). However, when considering client-level laughter events (between-client), nervous laughter at the session level was not significantly related to session outcomes. Polite, reflective, and contemptuous laughter showed no significant relationship with the session outcomes. None of the laughter events were related to session outcomes at the client level (between clients). However, there was a significant within-level interaction effect between session and cheerful laughter on session outcomes. The implications of the effects of client laughter are discussed in metaverse counseling by comparing them with those of in-person counseling.

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心理咨询中来访者笑声与会话结果的关系。

考虑到人们对虚拟现实心理治疗的兴趣日益浓厚，本研究调查了虚拟现实咨询中来访者笑声与会话结果之间的关系。为了研究心理咨询中来访者笑声类型与会话结果之间的关系，我们采用了多层次分析方法，将变量分为两个层面：会话层面（会话之间）和客户层面（客户之间）。该数据集包括在26个客户端中嵌套的159个会话。本研究发现，来访者欢快和紧张的笑声在会话水平上（在个体来访者中）对会话结果有积极影响。然而，当考虑客户层面的笑声事件（客户之间）时，会话层面的紧张笑声与会话结果没有显著相关。礼貌、反思和轻蔑的笑声与会议结果没有显著关系。在客户层面（客户之间），没有一个笑声事件与会话结果相关。然而，会话和愉快的笑声对会话结果有显著的水平内交互作用。通过与面对面咨询的比较，讨论了在虚拟咨询中来访者笑的影响的含义。

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BMC Psychology Psychology-Psychology (all)

CiteScore

3.90

自引率

2.80%

发文量

265

审稿时长

24 weeks

期刊介绍： BMC Psychology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers manuscripts on all aspects of psychology, human behavior and the mind, including developmental, clinical, cognitive, experimental, health and social psychology, as well as personality and individual differences. The journal welcomes quantitative and qualitative research methods, including animal studies.