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Comparing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Virtual Human, Teletherapy, and an e-Manual in Delivering a Stress Management Intervention to Distressed Adult Women: Pilot Study

Comparing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Virtual Human, Teletherapy, and an e-Manual in Delivering a Stress Management Intervention to Distressed Adult Women: Pilot Study

Sam engaged in rapport-building strategies throughout the intervention, informed by Parks and Floyd [42] and Loveys et al [43], including emotional expressiveness, empathy, compassion (in language and facial expression), being nonjudgmental, and providing praise and support. Sam presented illustrations to demonstrate concepts (eg, the 5 ways that stress manifests; Figure 1) and a 20-minute video on how stress and stress management techniques affect the body.

Kate Loveys, Michael Antoni, Liesje Donkin, Mark Sagar, Elizabeth Broadbent

JMIR Form Res 2023;7:e42390

Effects of Emotional Expressiveness of a Female Digital Human on Loneliness, Stress, Perceived Support, and Closeness Across Genders: Randomized Controlled Trial

Effects of Emotional Expressiveness of a Female Digital Human on Loneliness, Stress, Perceived Support, and Closeness Across Genders: Randomized Controlled Trial

Participants also answered a series of open-ended, written qualitative questions on their perceptions of the digital human (reported in another paper; Loveys, unpublished data, March 2021). Once the questionnaire was completed, the participant was provided with a NZ $20 (US $14.33) shopping voucher. The digital human was presented on a laptop computer screen in a portrait view with an embodiment of the head and shoulders depicted in front of a black background.

Kate Loveys, Mark Sagar, Xueyuan Zhang, Gregory Fricchione, Elizabeth Broadbent

J Med Internet Res 2021;23(11):e30624