Data Sheet 1_CBT therapists’ attitudes toward virtual reality use in psychotherapy: a brie

Thirty-three Czech and Slovak cognitive-behavioral therapy psychotherapists completed an anonymous online questionnaire in a convergent mixed-methods study. The data includes Likert-type ratings and open-ended responses exploring attitudes, perceived benefits, barriers, and desired functional and training requirements for VR use. The dataset was authored by Kristína Kvapil Varšová and last updated on 2026-05-07.

Use Cases

• Analyze therapist attitudes toward VR adoption based on Likert-scale ratings mentioned in the description
• Identify perceived barriers to VR implementation based on open-ended survey responses
• Compare desired functional requirements for VR tools across different therapist career stages
• Study regional implementation needs for VR in psychotherapy based on data from Czech and Slovak therapists

Strengths

• Includes quantitative results such as mean attitude scores (M=4.09, SD=0.72) and perceived colleague acceptance (M=3.39, SD=0.80)
• Data is derived from a convergent mixed-methods study combining Likert-type ratings and open-ended questions
• Specific findings are reported, such as 60.6% of therapists citing financial cost as a dominant barrier

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The dataset is small in scale (226.3 KB), indicating limited scope

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Anonymous online questionnaire administered to therapists

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 05:42:53; freshness should be verified

Geography

Czech Republic and Slovakia