Application of virtual reality technology in promoting mental health of college students

WU Yueyue; FENG Rong

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.07.031

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WU Yueyue, FENG Rong. Application of virtual reality technology in promoting mental health of college students[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2023, 44(7): 1095-1098. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.07.031

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WU Yueyue, FENG Rong. Application of virtual reality technology in promoting mental health of college students[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2023, 44(7): 1095-1098. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.07.031

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Application of virtual reality technology in promoting mental health of college students

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.07.031

WU Yueyue¹,
FENG Rong^{2
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Department of Applied Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beihang University, Beijing(100191), China

Received Date: 2023-03-21
Rev Recd Date: 2023-04-10

Available Online: 2023-07-25

Publish Date: 2023-07-25

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College students are a vulnerable population for psychological problems, who are facing challenges from environmental adaptation, career planning, peer competition and interpersonal relationships. In recent years, the state attaches great importance to psychological health education of college students. Virtual reality technology (VR) has been widely used in clinical psychology with the development of techology. In order to enrich channels of psychological health education of college students, the paper summarizes the methods, advantages and future direction of its application in promoting mental health of college students, providing reference for expanding the intervention ways of college students' psychological health education and promotion.
- Virtual reality technology,
- Mental health,
- Health promotion,
- Students

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