Measuring Alliance Toward Embodied Virtual Therapists in the Era of Automated Treatments With the Virtual Therapist Alliance Scale (VTAS): Development and Psychometric Evaluation

• Main Authors: Miloff, Alexander (Author), Carlbring, Per (Author), Hamilton, William (Author), Andersson, Gerhard (Author), Reuterskiöld, Lena (Author), Lindner, Philip (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundAutomated virtual reality exposure therapies (VRETs) are self-help treatments conducted by oneself and supported by a virtual therapist embodied visually and/or with audio feedback. This simulates many of the nonspecific relational elements and common factors present in face-to-face therap...