Deception in avatar-mediated virtual environment

Hooi, Rosalie; Cho, Hichang

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2012.09.004

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“…SL was not developed for research, but social scientists soon recognized its utility as a platform to study human interaction. A number of the studies conducted have tended to focus on examining the unique characteristics of SL participants (Hooi & Cho, 2014;McLeod, Liu, & Axline 2014), the behavior of SL avatars in virtual worlds (Grinberg, Careaga, Mehl, & O'Connor, 2014;Hooi & Cho, 2013), the use of SL for online instruction within educational institutions (Halvorson, Ewing, & Windisch, 2011;Inman, Wright, & Hartman, 2010), or the feasibility of conducting social experiments and experimental manipulations in SL (Greiner, Caravella, & Roth, 2014;Lee, 2014;Tawa, Negrón, Suyemoto, & Carter, 2015). A handful of studies have used SL as a tool for recruitment, though generally the recruitment goals are directed at specific populations (Keelan et al, 2015;Swicegood & Haque 2015).…”

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An examination of the equivalency of self-report measures obtained from crowdsourced versus undergraduate student samples

Briones

Benham

2016

Behav Res

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Increasingly, researchers have begun to explore the potential of the Internet to reach beyond the traditional undergraduate sample. In the present study, we sought to compare the data obtained from a conventional undergraduate collegestudent sample to data collected via two online survey recruitment platforms. In order to examine whether the data sampled from the three populations were equivalent, we conducted a test of equivalency using inferential confidence intervals-an approach that differs from the more traditional null hypothesis significance testing. The results showed that the data obtained via the two online recruitment platforms, the Amazon Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing site and the virtual environment of Second Life, were statistically equivalent to the data obtained from the college sample, on the basis of means of standardized measures of psychological stress and sleep quality. Additionally, correlations between the sleep and stress measures were not statistically different between the groups. These results, along with practical considerations for the use of these recruitment platforms, are discussed, and recommendations for other researchers who may be considering the use of these platforms are provided.

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An examination of the equivalency of self-report measures obtained from crowdsourced versus undergraduate student samples

Briones

Benham

2016

Behav Res

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“…Customization of a same-sex avatar, either assisted or unassisted by a camera, was expected to elicit greater levels of self-awareness than customization of an opposite-sex avatar, given that self-resembling avatars have been found to heighten self-awareness in prior research. 7,8 Level of avatar customization. Participants were asked to customize the appearance of their avatar using the avatar creation tool provided by the virtual environment, Second Life.…”

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“…[3][4][5] An online avatar has proven to be a convenient method for continually offering online users a reflection of themselves, 5,6 with past research finding that self-resembling avatars can heighten individuals' level of self-awareness. 7,8 However, as OSA theory explains, self-awareness is only motivational if an individual has internalized the standard in question and believes they have the necessary sense of control over their life to address the discrepancy. 1,2 In other words, avatars may only be an effective tool for promoting exercise behaviors among individuals who have already internalized ideals related to exercise (which may limit their possible utility as a tool for health promotion among populations typically uninterested in exercise and related health-fostering behaviors).…”

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“…The agency model of customization 9 predicts that customization activities, such as avatar creation, can heighten individuals' sense of control in their everyday life. Avatar customization (to resemble oneself over others) may therefore be likely to heighten health behaviors because avatar customization both induces a self-aware state 7,8 and imbues individuals with a heightened sense of control. 9 However, given the tenets of OSA theory, this effect of customization may only be effective for those who have already internalized health ideals, unless the greater sense of control imbued by avatar customization can overcome differences among individuals who vary in preexisting health ideal internalization.…”

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Can Customizing an Avatar Motivate Exercise Intentions and Health Behaviors Among Those with Low Health Ideals?

Waddell

Sundar

Auriemma³

2015

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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Studies have shown that self-resembling avatars in health games and other applications can heighten exercise intentions, but objective self-awareness (OSA) theory suggests that this effect is likely to be true only for those who believe in the ideal of a healthy self. How can avatars be used to motivate those who do not hold this ideal and may not be motivated by avatars to pursue healthy activities? One possibility is to afford individuals the ability to customize their avatar, so they are not only more self-aware but also feel in control of their persona, both of which are necessary conditions for behavior change according to OSA. In order to test this prediction, participants in an online virtual environment created an avatar of the same sex or opposite sex by choosing among a small or large number of possible traits, then completed a series of items measuring self-awareness, sense of control, health-focused behavior, and ideal internalization. Results show that customizing a same-sex avatar can overcome differences in health intentions and behaviors between individuals with high and low levels of prior health-ideal internalization.

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“… The Identification with the avatar questionnaire (adapted from Hooi &Choo, 2013 andLi et al, 2013). This questionnaire measures the extent to which the participants have identified themselves with the avatar in terms of physical similarities as well as attitudes, behavior, and emotional similarities.…”

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How the physical similarity of avatars can influence the learning of emotion regulation strategies in teenagers

Wrzesien

Rodrı́guez

Solaz

et al. 2015

Computers in Human Behavior

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Elsevier Wrzesien, M.; Rodriguez Ortega, A.; Rey, B.; Alcañiz Raya, ML.; Banos, R.; Vara, M. (2015). How the physical similarity of avatars can influence the learning of emotion regulation strategies in teenagers. Computers in Human Behavior. 43:101-111. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2014 How the physical similarity of avatars can influence the learning of emotion regulation strategies in teenagers AbstractThe aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of the physical similarity of avatars with the user on emotion regulation strategy training. In this study twenty-four teenagers observed an avatar (either physically similar to the participant or neutral) that gets frustrated with his/her computer, after which he/she applies an emotion regulation strategy (slow breathing). The intensity of the emotional induction and regulation processes was measured using questionnaires and electroencephalogram data. The results show that observing an avatar that is physically similar to the participant has a significantly greater impact on emotional valence and arousal in participants and also induces emotional states that are significantly more intense than when observing a neutral avatar. The results seem to indicate significantly greater activation of specific brain regions that are related to these processes and greater identification with the avatar in terms of both subjective and objective measures in participants that observed an avatar that was physically similar to them. However, there were no significant differences in the sense of presence or the appeal (i.e., satisfaction) to participants regarding the virtual environment. The use of avatars in mental health applications is relatively new and its specific influence is still unknown. We consider this study to be a first step forward in better understanding the use of avatars in mental health applications for youth. This research brings new guidelines to the design of different types of applications in this field in order to achieve greater behavioral changes in youth.

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Deception in avatar-mediated virtual environment

Cited by 27 publications

References 87 publications

An examination of the equivalency of self-report measures obtained from crowdsourced versus undergraduate student samples

An examination of the equivalency of self-report measures obtained from crowdsourced versus undergraduate student samples

Can Customizing an Avatar Motivate Exercise Intentions and Health Behaviors Among Those with Low Health Ideals?

How the physical similarity of avatars can influence the learning of emotion regulation strategies in teenagers

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