Lobato Rincón Luis-Lucio, Medina Sánchez Maria Ángeles, Tovar Bordón Rubén
Department of Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Processes and Speech Therapy, University Complutense of Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, Carretera de Húmera s/n, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain.
Department of Statistics and Data Science, University Complutense of Madrid, Avda. Puerta de Hierro s/n Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Vision (Basel). 2025 May 6;9(2):43. doi: 10.3390/vision9020043.
Humans interact with virtual environments for a variety of purposes, and the use of telemedicine services and e-health platforms has become increasingly significant in recent years. Telepsychology is an emerging service and is understood as the provision of psychological aid and counseling through the use of telecommunication technologies. This study investigates the impact of visual backgrounds in a mental health simulation app and explores the decision-making of potential patients for telepsychology. In this experimental study, we developed an instrument to assess the preferences for manipulated features of photomontages and portraits. A total of 310 participants from diverse backgrounds were surveyed about their preferences regarding visual backgrounds and silhouettes for this hypothetical service, with key independent variables such as complexity, naturalness, and color hues being manipulated. Our findings represent the first example of data collected on background preferences in telepsychology. The results suggest a preference for backgrounds with medium complexity and naturalness for clinical settings. Additionally, we observed variations in preferences based on gender and age. These findings highlight the importance of customizing visual elements to enhance patient engagement in telepsychology.
人类出于各种目的与虚拟环境进行交互，近年来远程医疗服务和电子健康平台的使用变得越来越重要。远程心理学是一项新兴服务，被理解为通过使用电信技术提供心理援助和咨询。本研究调查了心理健康模拟应用中视觉背景的影响，并探讨了潜在患者对远程心理学的决策。在这项实验研究中，我们开发了一种工具来评估对照片蒙太奇和肖像的操纵特征的偏好。共有310名来自不同背景的参与者被调查了他们对这种假设服务的视觉背景和轮廓的偏好，关键自变量如复杂性、自然度和色调被操纵。我们的研究结果代表了在远程心理学中收集到的关于背景偏好数据的首个实例。结果表明，临床环境中偏好中等复杂性和自然度的背景。此外，我们观察到基于性别和年龄的偏好差异。这些发现凸显了定制视觉元素以增强远程心理学中患者参与度的重要性。
