Stress Arousal Checklist (SACL)

From EuroVR Knowledge Base

Description

Measures how stressed or aroused the participant is at any particular time (it is administered both pre- and post-immersion). This checklist incorporates 2 dimensions: feelings of stress (e.g. pleasantness-unpleasantness) and feelings of arousal (e.g. wakefulness-drowsy) and requires participants to consider these on a 4 point scale.

Primary Reference or Source

• Gotts, G. and Cox, T. (1988) Stress and arousal checklist: A manual for its administration, scoring and interpretation. Swinburne Press;
• Nichols, S.C., Ramsey, A.D, Cobb, S., Neale, H., D’Cruz, M. and Wilson, J.R. (2000b) Incidence of Virtual Reality Induced Symptoms and Effects (VRISE) in desktop and projection screen display systems. HSE contract research report 274/2000.