Terapia Virtual Aumentada de la Coulrofobia en niños de primaria

Abstract

The office staff of the public School Center “Gustavo Diaz Ordaz” (Puebla, Pue.) found that a high percentage of children suffer coulrophobia (fear of clowns). Therefore this research developed a software to support the therapy itself. Computational tool using the methodology implemented by virtual exhibition, which is a psychological treatment called "controlled and gradual exposure to feared situations." This was possible thanks to the Information and Communication Technologies, Virtual Reality and Augmented Virtual Reality. We conclude that this type of therapy can generate a slideshow less aggressive recovery for children. The reason is that the use of augmented reality is a more friendly way to present therapies than the real life exposure. At the same time a tool is provided to support specialists.