Abstract：
Self-compassion training has been shown to deliver mental health benefits and preliminary evidence suggests it might also be possible to deliver these benefits effectively via virtual reality (VR) technology. However, which features of the VR training environment influence these training benefits remains poorly understood. This study was designed to provide the first empirical test of the potential value of visual biofeedback during self-compassion training. It was theorised that the provision of biofeedback may increase the benefits of training by increasing mindfulness, a core component of self-compassion. Sixty participants were randomly allocated to one of two experimental conditions, both of which comprised VR-based self-compassion training, but only one of which included visual biofeedback (a red pulsating light representing heart rate). Relative to scores at baseline, participants reported greater self-compassion, and lower self-criticism, anxiety, and stress after VR self-compassion training. However, the provision of biofeedback did not influence the strength of these training effects. These data provide further evidence that VR administered self-compassion training may deliver potentially important mental health benefits, but also meaningfully extends this literature by proving the first evidence that visual biofeedback does not influence the strength of these benefits.
摘要：
自我同情训练已被证明可以带来心理健康益处，初步证据表明，通过虚拟现实（VR）技术也可能有效地提供这些益处。然而,VR培训环境的哪些功能会影响这些培训的好处仍然知之甚少。本研究旨在对自我同情训练中视觉生物反馈的潜在价值进行首次实证检验。从理论上讲，提供生物反馈可能会通过增加正念来增加训练的好处，自我同情的核心组成部分。60名参与者被随机分配到两个实验条件之一，两者都包括基于VR的自我同情训练，但其中只有一个包括视觉生物反馈（代表心率的红色脉动光）。相对于基线分数，参与者报告了更大的自我同情，和较低的自我批评，焦虑,和VR自我同情训练后的压力。然而,生物反馈的提供不影响这些训练效果的强度.这些数据提供了进一步的证据，表明VR管理的自我同情训练可能会带来潜在的重要心理健康益处。而且，通过证明视觉生物反馈不影响这些益处的强度的第一个证据，也有意义地扩展了这些文献。
