Examining the applicability of virtual battle space for stress management training in military personnel-A validation study.

ABSTRACT: Military personnel are often exposed to high levels of both physical and psychological challenges in their work environment and therefore it is important to be trained on how to handle stressful situations. The primary aim of this study was to examine whether military-specific virtual battle space (VBS) scenarios could elicit a physiological and subjective stress response in healthy military personnel, as compared to that of a virtual reality height exposure (VR-HE) stress task that has shown to reliably increase stress levels. Twenty participants engaged in two VBS scenarios and the VR-HE during separate sessions, while measurements of heart rate (HR), heart rate variability (HRV), respiration rate, and subjective stress levels were collected. Contrary to our initial expectations, analysi

SUBMITTER: Schilder FPM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11636437 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature