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Preethi Premkumar1*
Nadja Heym2
James A. C. Myers3
Phoebe Formby2Steven Battersby4
Alexander Luke Sumich2
David Joseph Brown5- 1Division of Psychology, London South Bank University, London, United Kingdom
- 2Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- 3Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- 4Independent Researcher, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- 5Department of Computer Science, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
A Corrigendum on
Augmenting self-guided virtual-reality exposure therapy for social anxiety with biofeedback: a randomised controlled trial
By Premkumar P, Heym N, Myers JAC, Formby P, Battersby S, Sumich AL and Brown DJ (2024) Front. Psychiatry 15:1467141. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1467141
In the published article, there were errors in the Abstract, Methods and Results. The number of therapy sessions and position of the subheadings were incorrect. The Abstract, Methods and Results previously stated:
“Methods: Seventy-two individuals with high self-reported social anxiety were randomly allocated to VRET-plus-biofeedback (n=38; 25 completers) or VRET alone (n=35; 25 completers). Three hour-long VRET sessions were delivered over two consecutive weeks. During each session, participants delivered a 20-minute public speech in front of a virtual audience.
Results: Participants in the VRET-plus-biofeedback group received biofeedback on heartrate and frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA) within the virtual environment and were asked to lower their arousal accordingly. Participants in both groups completed psychometric assessments of social anxiety after each session and at one-month follow-up. PSA improved by the end of treatment and overall social anxiety improved one month after the VRET across both groups. The VRET-plus-biofeedback group showed a steadier reduction in FAA in the first VRET session and a greater reduction in self-reported arousal across the two sessions than the VRET-alone group.”
The corrected version appears below:
“Methods: Seventy-two individuals with high self-reported social anxiety were randomly allocated to VRET-plus-biofeedback (n=38; 25 completers) or VRET alone (n=35; 25 completers). Three hour-long VRET sessions were delivered over three consecutive weeks. During each session, participants delivered a 20-minute public speech in front of a virtual audience. Participants in the VRET-plus-biofeedback group received biofeedback on heartrate and frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA) within the virtual environment and were asked to lower their arousal accordingly. Participants in both groups completed psychometric assessments of social anxiety after each session and at one-month follow-up.
Results: PSA improved by the end of treatment and overall social anxiety improved one month after the VRET across both groups. The VRET-plus-biofeedback group showed a steadier reduction in FAA in the first VRET session and a greater reduction in self-reported arousal across the three sessions than the VRET-alone group.”
The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.
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Keywords: social anxiety, longitudinal, perceived control, physiological arousal, presence
Citation: Premkumar P, Heym N, Myers JAC, Formby P, Battersby S, Sumich AL and Brown DJ (2025) Corrigendum: Augmenting self-guided virtual-reality exposure therapy for social anxiety with biofeedback: a randomised controlled trial. Front. Psychiatry 16:1548762. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1548762
Received: 20 December 2024; Accepted: 13 February 2025;
Published: 25 February 2025.
Edited and Reviewed by:
Vanja Duric, Des Moines University, United StatesCopyright © 2025 Premkumar, Heym, Myers, Formby, Battersby, Sumich and Brown. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: Preethi Premkumar, cHJlbWt1bXBAbHNidS5hYy51aw==