Table 1 Abbreviations of the variable names and their meanings.
From: Self-observation of a virtual body-double engaged in social interaction reduces persecutory thoughts
Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
GPTS | Green Paranoid Thoughts Scale—to assess the tendency for paranoid thoughts |
gpts_ref | (Unwarranted) ideas of being the target of the thoughts and actions of others |
gpts_pers | (Unwarranted) ideas that others are planning harm to the respondent |
_pre | Measured 1 week before the VR session |
_post | Measured 1 week after the VR session |
SSPS | State Social Paranoia Scale |
ssps_neg | e.g. ‘Someone was hostile towards me’ |
ssps_pos | e.g. ‘I felt very safe in their company’ |
SUDS | Subjective Units of Discomfort |
suds1, …, suds8 | The SUDS scores elicited at 8 successive times during the VR session |
ysudsearly | This variable is greater the more that there is stress on earlier SUDS scores suds1, suds2, suds3 |
ysudslate | This variable is greater the more that there is stress on later SUDS scores suds4,…,suds8 |
identify | Questionnaire score on “I felt an identification with the virtual double” |
