CYPSY23: 23RD ANNUAL CYBERPSYCHOLOGY, CYBERTHERAPY & SOCIAL NETWORKING CONFERENCE
PROGRAM

Days: Tuesday, June 26th Wednesday, June 27th Thursday, June 28th

Tuesday, June 26th

View this program: with abstractssession overviewtalk overview

10:20-10:40Coffee break for workshop attendees

Coffee - Delfosse room

12:00-12:45Lunch (on your own)
12:45-13:00 Session 1 of opening talks

Welcoming remarks from Conference Chairs and organizers Brenda K. Wiederhold & Stéphane Bouchard.

13:00-15:00 Session Symposium 1: Transformative experience design: Using virtual reality, brain-based technologies and the language of arts to support self-transcendent experiences
Location: Krieghoff
13:00
Transformative experience design: Using virtual reality, brain-based technologies and the language of arts to support self-transcendent experiences (abstract)
13:22
A framework for studying transformative experiences through virtual reality (abstract)
13:44
Inside-out: Conceptual design and prototype of a system for the automatic generation of emotional metaphors in virtual reality (abstract)
14:06
Going beyond: Lucid dreaming as a lens into transformative experience design for virtual reality (abstract)
14:28
The continuum of self-transcendence: Flow experience and the emotion of awe (abstract)
13:00-15:00 Session Symposium 2: Supporting digital inclusion of people with intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder
13:00
Supporting digital inclusion of people with intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder: The inclusive technologies action plan #PTI2022 ! (abstract)
13:20
Core actions recommendations for inclusive technologies of people with ID/ASD : A charter and an action plan for inclusive technologies ! (abstract)
13:40
The STORM projet: Using video game to promote completion of morning routine for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder (abstract)
14:00
Use of the social robot among children with autism spectrum disorder in school and social services organizations : A pilot study (abstract)
14:20
The TASA program: Using the iPad as a tool to promote the autonomy of adults with trisomy 21 (abstract)
14:40
Technologies Promoting Efficient Parenthood Practices for People With Intellectual Disability (abstract)
15:00-16:00Coffee break

Coffee break combined with poster session - Delfosse & Suzor-Côté room

15:00-16:00 Session Ps1: Poster session
15:00
Sexual cyberaddictions: Compulsive online pornography use as symptom of addictive personality disorder (abstract)
15:00
Patients’ attitudes and adherence towards an Internet-based intervention for adjustment disorders (abstract)
15:00
Home-based attentional bias modification training in obese individuals with binge eating (abstract)
15:00
An innovative protocol to manipulate the negative body image of obese patients through the "Machine to be another" and its influence on physical activity: a randomized controlled study (abstract)
15:00
The effect of early attentional bias modification on attentional bias toward food-cues of binge eater (abstract)
15:00
Virtual comic Korkifaipo: An application of virtual reality in ED primary prevention context (abstract)
15:00
Decreasing recurrent pain and anxiety in medical procedures with a pediatric population: A pilot study protocol (abstract)
15:00
Changing the order of facial action units in pain expressing avatars affects the perceived realism and pain level (abstract)
15:00
Gross motor skills assessment using Microsoft Kinect (abstract)
15:00
Personalizing the Exergame Experience: A Personality Tailoring Approach (abstract)
15:00
The effects of motion and appearance synchronizations on the cybersickness of human-avatar interaction (abstract)
15:00
Particip@tion on Internet? Young people with intellectual disabilities and identification processes on Internet (abstract)
15:00
Facebook user profiles, personality and adjustment in early adulthood (abstract)
15:00
Loneliness and Types of Facebook Use in Emerging Adults (abstract)
15:00
Empathy in computer-mediated interactions: A conceptual framework (abstract)
15:00
Getting Even on Social Media: Prevalence of Online Revenge Behaviors Between Friends, Romantic Partners, Coworkers, and Family Members (abstract)
15:00
Smartphone apps and games for mental health: Opportunities and challenges for the near future (abstract)
15:00
The empirical study on the simulator sickness due to incorrect IPD problem (abstract)
15:00
Transcending time and space for human connection, mixed reality & imagination addressing isolation on Earth and deep space exploration (abstract)
15:00
Learning to fly in virtual reality: The effects of targeted memory reactivation during REM sleep on procedural learning (abstract)
15:00
Group decision making in multi-user virtual reality and video conferencing (abstract)
15:00
Virtual communities for health purposes in the elderly: Challenges to implementation and evaluation (abstract)
15:00
Improving the Visual Acuity and Visual Performance in Glaucoma Patients with an Augmented Reality Push-pull Model (abstract)
15:00
Dynamic Stereopsis in Children with Cataracts after Cataract Surgery (abstract)
15:00
The Relationship between Amblyopia, Spatial Resolution and Binocular Visual Perception Eye Position in a Pediatric Population (abstract)
15:00
Measuring social skills with virtual reality: A validation study focussing on moral reasoning (abstract)
18:00-21:00 Art performance / Food and drinks

At Galerie UQO (not in the hotel): UQO: 101, Saint-Jean-Bosco St, Gatineau Room A-0115

(Free shuttle service from the hotel to the Galerie UQO)

Location: Galerie UQO
Wednesday, June 27th

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08:45-09:00 Session 2 of opening talks

Welcoming remarks Chairs & organizers Brenda K. Wiederhold & Stéphane Bouchard and other dignitaries Charmain Levy (UQO Research Dean) & Louise Boudrias (City of Gatineau). Presence of Hull-Aylmer Member of Parliament Greg Fergus and Member of the National Assembly of Quebec Maryse Gaudreault

09:00-10:30 Session Orals -1: Social networks -1
09:00
A desire to belong affects Instagram behaviour and perceived social support (abstract)
09:15
#InstaFollow: Types of Instagram followers affects users’ image sharing behaviours (abstract)
09:30
Who tweets what on Twitter? Gender differences in the use of Twitter compared to Facebook (abstract)
09:45
Can Twitter act as a tool of psychological resistance? The use of #StopEnslavingSaudiWomen among Saudi Arabian women. (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session Orals -2: Web-based interventions
Location: Krieghoff
09:00
Information security awareness and African American college students: An exploration of attitudes and behaviors (abstract)
09:15
EHealth4MDD: a database of e-health systems for the prevention and treatment of major depressive disorder (abstract)
09:30
Depression and emotion regulation predict objectively measured smartphone use (abstract)
09:45
Kids Helpline Circles: Findings from participant action research in the development of a secure national mental health social network (abstract)
10:00
The influence of expectations on usability and visual appeal in a web environment (abstract)
10:15
Enhancing mental well-being during pregnancy: A pilot study to assess the feasibility of a web-based positive psychology intervention (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session Symposium 3: Psychological interventions for post trauma victims and witness of violence supported by e-Health technologies
Location: Morrice
09:00
Psychological interventions in Mexico supported by e-Health technologies (abstract)
09:18
On-line counselling to Mexican migrant community in USA: A programme oriented to emotional well-being (abstract)
09:36
Internet-assisted guided self-change program for adult Mexican problem drinkers: a case study (abstract)
09:54
Evaluation of a virtual reality tele-rehabilitation platform for patients with traumatic brain injury (abstract)
10:12
Adaptation and evaluation of an ICT assisted prevention and treatment program of childhood obesity for Mexican adolescents (abstract)
10:30-10:45Coffee break

Coffee - Delfosse room

10:45-12:00 Session Orals -3: Eating disorders
10:45
Embodiment in different size virtual bodies produces changes in women’s body image distortion and dissatisfaction (abstract)
11:00
Using Virtual Reality for assessing body dissatisfaction from egocentric and allocentric perspectives. (abstract)
11:15
Gender differences in attentional bias after owning a virtual avatar with an increased weight. (abstract)
11:30
Immersive and embodied cyberbody rating scale: A development of evaluation of body dissatisfaction in virtual reality (abstract)
11:45
Excessive physical exercise and body image in eating disorders: Preliminary results from immersive and embodied cyberbody rating scale (abstract)
10:45-12:00 Session Orals -4: Pain and grief
Location: Morrice
10:45
Projector-based virtual reality dome environment for procedural pain and anxiety in young children with burn injuries: A pilot study (abstract)
11:00
A randomized controlled trial of the use of virtual reality for needle-related procedures in children and adolescents in the emergency department (abstract)
11:15
Bliss a virtual reality application designed to improve health care and quality of life (abstract)
11:30
Using EMMA’s virtual world to facilitate support offered to parents who experienced perinatal mortality: A pilot study (abstract)
10:45-12:00 Session Symposium 4: Using virtual reality to train cognitive abilities and assess cognitive training
Location: Krieghoff
10:45
Using virtual reality to train cognitive abilities and assess cognitive training (abstract)
10:57
Validation of an immersive virtual reality task assessing episodic memory in older adults (abstract)
11:09
Virtual reality as a new approach to measure the effect of cognitive training on real-life cognition in aging (abstract)
11:21
Using a virtual car ride task to assess the transfer associated with cognitive training in older adults: Validation and design for cognitive interventions in updating and inhibition (abstract)
11:33
Using the Virtual Multitasking Test to assess the realization of intentions: A preliminary psychometric study​ (abstract)
11:45
Design and validation of a virtual reality working memory training program (VR-WORK-M): A new tool to improve working memory impairment following concussion (abstract)
12:00-13:00Lunch break (included)

Lunch - Beethoven room

13:00-14:30 Session Orals -5: Social networks - 2
Location: Krieghoff
13:00
Does it matter how do we interact online? Communication strategies, personality traits and social capital of SNS users. (abstract)
13:15
Online and offline life: The functional use of the Internet during the life cycle (abstract)
13:30
Passive usage and envy predicting life satisfaction of social media user (abstract)
13:45
Posting alcohol-related photos on Facebook: The role of timeline owners’ drinking motives (abstract)
13:00-14:30 Session Orals -6: Schizophrenia and addictions
Location: Morrice
13:00
A randomized controlled trial comparing virtual reality therapy to cognitive behavioral therapy in schizophrenia with treatment refractory hallucinations: Preliminary results (abstract)
13:15
Simulating the inner voice: A study of sound parameters (abstract)
13:30
Attentional bias assessment in patients with alcohol use disorder: An eye-tracking study (abstract)
13:45
Virtual Reality Cue Exposure for Smoking Relapse Prevention: a Comparative Trial. (abstract)
14:00
Sex technology use by heterosexual adults in Germany: Prevalence and subjective effects on sexual well-being (abstract)
13:00-14:30 Session Symposium 5: Portable devices for assessment and treatment in health settings: Some current developments and challenges
13:00
Portable devices for assessment and treatment in health settings: Some current developments and challenges (abstract)
13:18
An overview of factors associated with adherence and dropout to ecological momentary assessment in depression (abstract)
13:36
Pain Monitor: How can we use ecological momentary assessment via app to improve the treatment of chronic pain? (abstract)
13:54
Portable biofeedback devices for affective disorders: A systematic review (abstract)
14:12
Understanding human behavior in daily life: From ecological momentary assessment to computational psychometrics (abstract)
14:30-14:45Coffee break

Coffee - Delfosse room

14:45-16:00 Session Orals -7: Arts and storytelling
Location: Morrice
14:45
Adapting a book to a virtual reality scenography: how to keep the experience at the center? (abstract)
15:00
The DataScapes project: Using letters, proteins and augmented reality as constituents for landscape art (abstract)
15:15
Virtual embodiment: A pleasing extension of self (abstract)
15:30
How does the brain encode the ownership illusion of a walking self-avatar? (abstract)
15:45
A new field for (trandisciplinary) cyberpsychology: Phygital environments (abstract)
14:45-16:00 Session Orals -8: Cyberbullying
14:45
How severe is cyberbullying? An exploration of adults’ perceptions of severity and the role of gender, age, time spent online and reported cyberbullying experiences as victims, witnesses and perpetrators (abstract)
15:00
Comparison between cyberbullyng and traditional bullying of Korean students (abstract)
15:15
“Why is everyone hating? This is actually good.” Everyday sexism in “dislikes” and comments on YouTube videos (abstract)
15:30
Perceived victim blame for celebrities on Twitter: Impact of tweet content, volume of abuse, and dark triad personality factors (abstract)
15:45
Exploring gamers’ opinions on the role of women in gaming and incidents of gendered online harassment of female gamers (abstract)
14:45-16:00 Session Orals -9: Cognitive deficits
Location: Krieghoff
14:45
Educational Robotics to develop of executive functions of visual spatial abilities, planning and problem solving. (abstract)
15:00
Virtual kitchen test for divided attention in the elderly (abstract)
15:15
Home-based virtual reality training for adults with mild cognitive impairment: Preliminary results of a feasibility telerehabilitation study (abstract)
15:30
Acceptability study of a novel immersive cognitive care platform for remediation of cognitive deficits (abstract)
15:45
Testing a VE for behaviours and dementia (abstract)
17:45-19:15 Session Demos: Cyberarium

Open demos from conference presenters

Thursday, June 28th

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07:00-08:00 Yoga class (only for those staying at the hotel)

Traditional Hatha yoga class with master Michael Hutkins

Location: Le Jardin ( outside, close to the hotel reception) or in the hotel gym on a rainy morning (room card required to enter)

09:00-10:00 Session Orals -10: Online experiences
Location: Krieghoff
09:00
Does Internet and smartphone use promote or reduce social well-being? Results from a national online survey (abstract)
09:15
Living with Meniere’s disease and use of online peer support groups: Findings from an asynchronous online interview study (abstract)
09:30
Context matters: The role of social anxiety and online privacy concern on university students’ social networking site experiences (abstract)
09:45
Too scared to share? An investigation of social networking site users’ personal information concerns (abstract)
09:00-10:00 Session Orals -11: Intellectual disabilities and autism
Location: Morrice
09:00
Immersive Virtual Reality to Improve Police Interaction Skills in Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Preliminary Results of a Feasibility and Safety Trial (abstract)
09:15
The Decoding of Social Interactions Task in VR for autism spectrum: Development of an intervention protocol and pilot testing (abstract)
09:30
Mindfulness for Tackling Online Gaming Addiction (abstract)
09:00-10:00 Session Symposium 6: Immersive cybersexuality: Fundamental research and forensic applications
09:00
Immersive cybersexuality: Fundamental research and forensic applications (abstract)
09:12
Triangulating on deviant sexual preferences by using penile plethymography, eye-tracking and qEEG in virtual immersion (abstract)
09:24
2) Disentangling The Effects of Audio and Visual Dimensions of Sexual Stimuli as Used in the Assessment of Child Molesters with Penile Plethysmography. (abstract)
09:36
Gloomy corners and dark triad: The development of a virtual reality scenario for studying predatory processes in offenders (abstract)
09:48
First steps toward an objective measurement of sexual presence in males and females (abstract)
10:00-11:00Coffee break

Coffee break combined with poster session - Delfosse & Suzor-Côté room

10:00-11:00 Session Ps2: Poster session
10:00
How to combine 360° pictures and virtual reality in exposure and response therapy for obsessive compulsive disorder: A case study (abstract)
10:00
A simple and commodity technology solution to enhance exposure therapy after mass causality incidents: 360 video on phones in hand and headset (abstract)
10:00
Virtual Reality environments to reduce dental anxiety. (abstract)
10:00
An Internet-based self-applied treatment program for flying phobia: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (abstract)
10:00
Exposure therapy for acute stress disorder (abstract)
10:00
Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy for the Treatment of Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Report 3 Years Post Combat Deployment (abstract)
10:00
The use of virtual reality for exposure in group: A 3-month follow-up study (abstract)
10:00
Practicing mindfulness using virtual reality simulations of potentially stressful daily activities: An innovative approach to the treatment of first episode psychosis (abstract)
10:00
Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of an immersive technology (virtual reality) mindfulness protocol to improve the quality of life of patients with multimorbidity in primary care: A randomized controlled study protocol (abstract)
10:00
A brief mindfulness-based psychological intervention for depression in primary care: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial (abstract)
10:00
Adaptation of mindfulness-based stress reduction program for telepsychotherapy: A case series in Mexican population (abstract)
10:00
RESILIENT - An online multidimensional treatment to promote resilience after a disaster: Study protocol (abstract)
10:00
The sparse peripheral LED HMD can extend our FoV in the visual search task (abstract)
10:00
A Longitudinal Pilot Study of Presence in Immersive VR (abstract)
10:00
How much changes make people think their avatar to be changed ? (abstract)
10:00
User Study of Emotional Visualization Dashboard for Educational Software (abstract)
10:00
A web-based acceptance and commitment therapy program to reduce academic procrastination (abstract)
10:00
Mobile application for training in clinical skills in online psychology students (abstract)
10:00
Social dynamics of online chat in a live-streaming video platform (abstract)
10:00
Meta-analysis of mobile health interventions for depression and well-being (abstract)
10:00
Evaluation of digital placebo effects in college students (abstract)
10:00
Feeling Isolated Amplifies the Relationship between Covert Aggression and Cyberbullying (abstract)
10:00
Measuring moral reasoning with virtual reality : A validation study (abstract)
10:00
NAO humanoid robot for cognitive screening in elderly (abstract)
10:00
Psychophysiological effects of virtual reality immersion on elderly people (abstract)
10:00
Mental support system for hematopoietic stem-cell transplant patients isolated in a protective environment (abstract)
10:00
Non-immersive Virtual Reality for Spatial-Frequency and Temporal-Frequency Dependent Binocular Imbalance Assessment in Adults (abstract)
11:00-12:30 Session Orals -12: Telepsychotherapy
Location: Morrice
11:00
Barriers of treatment perceived by GAD patients after receiving CBT treatment delivered face-to-face versus in videoconference (abstract)
11:15
Interaction Effect of Telepresence and Therapeutic Alliance on Treatment Outcome in Telepsychotherapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (abstract)
11:30
The Validation of a Telepresence Scale for Psychotherapy Delivered in Videoconference (abstract)
11:45
Enhancing empathic interactions in mental healthcare: Opportunities offered through social interaction technologies (abstract)
12:00
Assessing presence in videconference telepsychotherapies. A complementary study on breaks in telepresence and intersubjectivity co-construction processes - Description of a research method (abstract)
12:15
Feasibility open trials of a self-guided Internet-based CBT for anxiety and depression among French-speaking young adults: Lessons learned (abstract)
11:00-12:30 Session Orals -13: Cyberpsychology and the brain
11:00
Comparing neural responses in immersive virtual reality displays and non-immersive screens (abstract)
11:15
Neuropsychological assessment of age differences in memory performance using a virtual environment grocery store with environmental distractors (abstract)
11:30
Evaluating the impact of a virtual self-avatar on spatiotemporal gait parameters (abstract)
11:45
Exploring the impact of control method on embodiment of a myoelectric prosthesis using Immersive Virtual Reality (abstract)
12:00
Tactile illusions in immersive virtual reality environments: An exploratory study regarding its usefulness in psychological treatments (abstract)
11:00-12:30 Session Orals -14: Cybercrime
Location: Krieghoff
11:00
The role of psychology in understanding email fraud susceptibility (abstract)
11:15
Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship Between Country Personality Traits and Cybercrime Output (abstract)
11:30
Designing for trust in online crowdfunding investment (abstract)
12:30-13:30Lunch break (included)

Beethoven room

13:30-15:00 Session Orals -15: Cyber addictions
Location: Morrice
13:30
Social network use and sexual orientation as factors for psychological adjustment, cyberbullying and Internet addiction (abstract)
13:45
Fear of missing out: Testing relationships with negative affectivity, online social engagement, and problematic smartphone use (abstract)
14:00
About possible determinants of addictive cybersex (abstract)
14:15
Cognitive predictors of problematic mobile phone use (abstract)
14:30
The relationship between attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms and excessive mobile phone use (abstract)
13:30-15:00 Session Orals -16: eHealth in general
Location: Krieghoff
13:30
Serious games for behavioral assessment of executive functions (abstract)
13:45
Findings from the implementation of a mobile digital health platform as an adjunct to patients’ mental healthcare using a longitudinal, mixed-methods design (abstract)
14:00
The relaxing effect of virtual nature - Immersive technology provides relief in acute stress situations (abstract)
14:15
TextMap: A multi-dimensional texbook format (abstract)
13:30-15:00 Session Orals -17: VR for anxiety disorders
13:30
Validation of a virtual environment for generalized social anxiety disorder in a sample from two different cultures (abstract)
13:42
Using virtual reality to outperform exposure in vivo : A clinical study with acrophobia sufferers (abstract)
13:54
Mechanisms underlying virtual reality-based exposure for spider phobia: Replication and extension (abstract)
14:06
Measuring the effect size of the effect of experimenter’s physical presence in the room on social anxiety during an immersion in virtual Reality (abstract)
14:18
Children’s Perception of Phobogenic Stimuli in Virtual Reality (abstract)
14:30
Virtual reality for treating combat related PTSD (abstract)
14:42
Early intervention for preventing posttraumatic stress disorder: An Internet based virtual reality treatment (abstract)
15:00-15:15Coffee break

Coffee break - Delfosse room

15:15-15:30 Awards ceremony

Delivery of Student Poster Awards, New Invesgitator Award, and Excellence in Research Award, by Brenda Wiederhold.

15:30-15:45 Closing talks

Closing remarks and thanks from Brenda Wiederhold, Stéphane Bouchard and other dignitaries.

18:30-22:00 Gala dinner

Gala dinner (pre registration required / not in the hotel)

Location: Soif Bar à Vin