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CRII: HCC: Validating the Design of an Immersive Virtual Reality Therapeutic System to Sup — NSF Award to Kennesaw State Universit

Bereaved parents who have lost a child to cancer often report a feeling of isolation and a loss of social connectedness after leaving the treatment hospitals. Many of them also struggle to make sense of and find meaning in their traumatic experience of loss due to the untimely death of a young child. Challenges with fi

Award titleCRII: HCC: Validating the Design of an Immersive Virtual Reality Therapeutic System to Sup
Award ID2451461
AwardeeKennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation
CityKENNESAW
StateGA
Amount obligated$174,886
Principal investigatorLei Zhang
ProgramHCC-Human-Centered Computing
Start date06/15/2025
AbstractBereaved parents who have lost a child to cancer often report a feeling of isolation and a loss of social connectedness after leaving the treatment hospitals. Many of them also struggle to make sense of and find meaning in their traumatic experience of loss due to the untimely death of a young child. Challenges with finding meaning have been associated with prolonged and complicated grief symptoms that can adversely affect grieving parents’ quality of life. Although existing videoconferencing an
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