{"title":"Exploring factors affecting art therapists’ intention to embrace virtual reality using UTAUT1","authors":"KyeongA Han , Soyeon Kong","doi":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102260","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>VR has opened up new possibilities in art therapy. However, integrating VR's therapeutic potential into art therapy in a seamless manner necessitates art therapists' interest in, preparation for, and adoption of VR. Against this backdrop, this study aimed to explore factors affecting art therapists’ intention to embrace VR and provide relevant insights required to effectively integrate VR into art therapy. To this end, we employed the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology1(UTAUT1) model to investigate whether variables—performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions—could predict art therapists’ intention to adopt VR as an art medium. For this investigation, we considered the potential moderating effects of art therapists’ age, prior VR experience, and self-efficacy. We then conducted an online survey targeting Korean art therapists and analyzed the data from 152 participants using regression analysis to examine the main and interaction effects. The research results are as follows. First, all four factors mentioned above had a main effect on the intention to embrace VR. Second, social influence and effort expectancy had different age-specific interaction effects on the intention to embrace VR. Third, we observed varying degrees of interaction effects between effort expectancy and the intention to embrace VR, depending on previous VR experience. We believe that these analytical findings will lay the foundation for facilitating VR-driven art therapy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47590,"journal":{"name":"Arts in Psychotherapy","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 102260"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Arts in Psychotherapy","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197455625000139","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
VR has opened up new possibilities in art therapy. However, integrating VR's therapeutic potential into art therapy in a seamless manner necessitates art therapists' interest in, preparation for, and adoption of VR. Against this backdrop, this study aimed to explore factors affecting art therapists’ intention to embrace VR and provide relevant insights required to effectively integrate VR into art therapy. To this end, we employed the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology1(UTAUT1) model to investigate whether variables—performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions—could predict art therapists’ intention to adopt VR as an art medium. For this investigation, we considered the potential moderating effects of art therapists’ age, prior VR experience, and self-efficacy. We then conducted an online survey targeting Korean art therapists and analyzed the data from 152 participants using regression analysis to examine the main and interaction effects. The research results are as follows. First, all four factors mentioned above had a main effect on the intention to embrace VR. Second, social influence and effort expectancy had different age-specific interaction effects on the intention to embrace VR. Third, we observed varying degrees of interaction effects between effort expectancy and the intention to embrace VR, depending on previous VR experience. We believe that these analytical findings will lay the foundation for facilitating VR-driven art therapy.
期刊介绍:
The Arts in Psychotherapy is a dynamic, contemporary journal publishing evidence-based research, expert opinion, theoretical positions, and case material on a wide range of topics intersecting the fields of mental health and creative arts therapies. It is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing 5 issues annually. Papers are welcomed from researchers and practitioners in the fields of art, dance/movement, drama, music, and poetry psychotherapy, as well as expressive and creative arts therapy, neuroscience, psychiatry, education, allied health, and psychology that aim to engage high level theoretical concepts with the rigor of professional practice. The journal welcomes contributions that present new and emergent knowledge about the role of the arts in healthcare, and engage a critical discourse relevant to an international readership that can inform the development of new services and the refinement of existing policies and practices. There is no restriction on research methods and review papers are welcome. From time to time the journal publishes special issues on topics warranting a distinctive focus relevant to the stated goals and scope of the publication.