Effects of virtual reality and music therapy on academic stress reduction using a mobile application.
In recent years, music therapy has proven to be an effective strategy to reduce stress. This research examines the effects of applying a social support strategy to reduce stress levels in students of higher education students, by com-bining music therapy with the use of immersive virtual reality, ma...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Country: | Ecuador |
| Institution: | Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas |
| Repository: | Repositorio Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.espe.edu.ec:21000/29646 |
| Online Access: | http://repositorio.espe.edu.ec/handle/21000/29646 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | REALIDAD VIRTUAL MUSICOTERAPIA APLICACIÓN MÓVIL REDUCIR ESTRÉS ACADÉMICO |
| Summary: | In recent years, music therapy has proven to be an effective strategy to reduce stress. This research examines the effects of applying a social support strategy to reduce stress levels in students of higher education students, by com-bining music therapy with the use of immersive virtual reality, making use of a mobile application. This proposal implements a system that performs the follow-ing tasks: i) collects information on the emotions of the participants through a facial recognition module, ii) provides a relaxation experience within an ani-mated and musicalized virtual environment, iii) measures stress levels, through the application of a psychology stress questionnaire, and iv) evaluates the effects produced on the user. Experiments were carried out with the participation of sev-eral students from Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE. Results show that the use of music therapy, combined with virtual reality, could be a powerful strat-egy to decrease stress by up to 50%. |
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