An internet-based self-applied rat phobia treatment using a Virtual Therapy Assistant: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

• Sonia M. González-Lozoya ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sonia M. González-Lozoya, Victoria Meza-Kubo, Alejandro Dominguez-Rodriguez, Cristina Ramírez-Fernández, Alberto L. Morán

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

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• Victoria Meza-Kubo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sonia M. González-Lozoya, Victoria Meza-Kubo, Alejandro Dominguez-Rodriguez, Cristina Ramírez-Fernández, Alberto L. Morán

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

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• Alejandro Dominguez-Rodriguez ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sonia M. González-Lozoya, Victoria Meza-Kubo, Alejandro Dominguez-Rodriguez, Cristina Ramírez-Fernández, Alberto L. Morán

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alejandro.dominguez.r@campusviu.es

  Affiliation Área de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Internacional Valenciana, Valencia, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-8824

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• Cristina Ramírez-Fernández ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sonia M. González-Lozoya, Victoria Meza-Kubo, Alejandro Dominguez-Rodriguez, Cristina Ramírez-Fernández, Alberto L. Morán

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tecnológico Nacional de México/I.T. Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

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• Eduardo Bautista-Valerio ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ EBV and LMJ also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, Estado de México, Mexico

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• Liliana Moreyra-Jiménez ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ EBV and LMJ also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, Estado de México, Mexico

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• Alberto L. Morán

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sonia M. González-Lozoya, Victoria Meza-Kubo, Alejandro Dominguez-Rodriguez, Cristina Ramírez-Fernández, Alberto L. Morán

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

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