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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/50326, first published .
Effects and Acceptability of a 1-Week Home-Based Virtual Reality Training for Supporting the Management of Stress and Anxiety: Randomized Pilot Trial

Effects and Acceptability of a 1-Week Home-Based Virtual Reality Training for Supporting the Management of Stress and Anxiety: Randomized Pilot Trial

Effects and Acceptability of a 1-Week Home-Based Virtual Reality Training for Supporting the Management of Stress and Anxiety: Randomized Pilot Trial

Federica Pallavicini   1 , PhD ;   Eleonora Orena   2 , MA ;   Lisa Arnoldi   3 , MA ;   Federica Achille   3 , MA ;   Stefano Stefanini   3 , MA ;   Maddalena Cassa   2 , MA ;   Alessandro Pepe   1 , PhD ;   Guido Veronese   1 , PhD ;   Luca Bernardelli   4 , MA ;   Francesca Sforza   4 , MA ;   Sara Fascendini   3 , MA ;   Carlo Alberto Defanti   3 , MA ;   Marco Gemma   2 , MA ;   Massimo Clerici   5 , PhD ;   Giuseppe Riva   6, 7 , PhD ;   Fabrizia Mantovani   1 , PhD

1 Department of Human Sciences for Education “Riccardo Massa”, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

2 IRCCS Neurological Institute Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy

3 European Biomedical Research Foundation, Gazzaniga, Italy

4 Become-Hub, Milan, Italy

5 Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

6 Humane Technology Lab, Department of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy

7 Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Laboratory, IRCCS Italian Auxological Institute, Milan, Italy

Corresponding Author:

  • Federica Pallavicini, PhD
  • Department of Human Sciences for Education “Riccardo Massa”
  • University of Milano-Bicocca
  • Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20126
  • Milan, 20100
  • Italy
  • Phone: 39 02 64484944
  • Email: federica.pallavicini@unimib.it