Unfinished business in virtual reality: Development and preliminary evaluation of an empty chair intervention grounded in emotion-focused therapy.

Internet Interv · 2025 · PMC12589956 · PMID 41210519

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approached significancep = .051so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The difference in pre- to post-test change approached significance, t(50) = −2.000, p = .051, favoring a greater reduction in the experimental group; however, this effect did not reach the conventional alpha threshold.

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approaching significancep = .074so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The only result approaching significance was observed in the SOCS-O subscale Acting to Alleviate Suffering at post-test, Z = −1.785, p = .074, which did not meet the conventional alpha threshold.

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did not reach statistical significancep = .128not close (p > 0.1)

While the mean score for perceived helplessness (PSS-PH) decreased slightly from 19.12 (SD = 4.44) at pre-test to 18.12 (SD = 3.99) at post-test, this change did not reach statistical significance, t(25) = 1.575, p = .128.

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