Sairanen Essi, Wallsten Daniel
Department of Social and Psychological Studies, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden.
Front Psychol. 2025 Jun 9;16:1547064. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1547064. eCollection 2025.
People's self-narratives-how they relate to themselves and others-are closely intertwined with psychological suffering and wellbeing. This study investigates a perspective-taking intervention rooted in Relational Frame Theory (RFT), where participants observe themselves from an outside perspective in Virtual Reality (VR).
Three participants watched 3D-filmed versions of themselves through a VR headset while reflecting on perspective-taking questions. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and the transcripts were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA).
The intervention helped participants become more aware of their self-relating. They recognized how they internalized perceived judgments from others and how they adjusted their behavior accordingly. Self-critical tendencies and the double standards they applied to themselves vs. others became more apparent, often evoking self-compassion. The intervention also revealed discrepancies between participants' internal and external views-that is, how they perceived themselves from the inside vs. the outside.
These findings highlight the promising therapeutic potential of this intervention, both for assessing and influencing self-relating.
人们的自我叙述——他们如何看待自己以及与他人的关系——与心理痛苦和幸福感紧密相连。本研究调查了一种基于关系框架理论（RFT）的观点采择干预方法，参与者通过虚拟现实（VR）从外部视角观察自己。
三名参与者通过VR头戴设备观看自己的3D影片，同时思考观点采择问题。进行了半结构化访谈，并使用解释现象学分析（IPA）对访谈记录进行分析。
该干预帮助参与者更加意识到他们与自我的关系。他们认识到自己如何内化他人的感知判断，以及如何相应地调整自己的行为。自我批评倾向以及他们对自己与他人采用的双重标准变得更加明显，这常常引发自我同情。该干预还揭示了参与者内部观点与外部观点之间的差异，即他们从内部与外部如何看待自己。
这些发现凸显了这种干预在评估和影响自我关系方面具有的潜在治疗价值。
