The Green Valley: The Use of Mobile Narratives for Reducing Stress in Commuters

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The relationship between interactive media and stress has gained wide interest in the mental health area. In our research, we found that interactive experiences helped people manage their stress. By combining different techniques, which may produce more significant outcomes than single-strategy programs, we developed a stress management protocol to increase self-awareness, to control and relax oneself, induce positive emotions, and substitute negative emotions. Our stress management protocol was tested in a controlled study comparing three interactive experiences (virtual reality [VR], video, and audio). Results showed the efficacy of all three interactive experiences in inducing positive emotions and integrating different approaches to manage stress. In particular, VR showed better improvements related to the psycho-physiological changes. Implications of the results for worldwide healthcare services will be discussed.

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 54%

Does Interactive Media Enhance the Management of Stress? Suggestions from a Controlled Study

Villani

Riva

2012

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“…10,11 Studies have also examined emotional benefits of using other kinds of content, such as multimedia narratives, on mobile phones. 3,21 Emotion regulation processes…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mobile Phone Use, Emotion Regulation, and Well-Being

Hoffner

Lee

2015

113

This study examined the use of mobile phones to regulate negative emotions, considering both the role of different aspects of phone use and individual differences in emotion regulation strategies. A total of 287 young adult smartphone users completed an online survey that addressed use of mobile phones for negative emotion regulation. They responded to a phone loss scenario by rating how much they would miss various uses/functions of the phone (which could be involved in emotion regulation). Habitual use of reappraisal to regulate emotion was associated with missing both interpersonal contact and social support, but not access to entertainment/information. In contrast, habitual use of emotion suppression was associated only with missing entertainment/information content. Regulating negative emotions via mobile phone was associated with missing all three uses/functions of the phone, but perception that the phone was effective in remediating negative emotion was associated only with missing social support. Well-being was related to greater use and perceived effectiveness of the mobile phone for emotion regulation. Overall, this study demonstrates that mobile phones can yield psychological benefits, depending on how they are used. Findings suggest that using the phone for social support is most likely to lead to effective remediation of negative emotion. Interpretations and implications of the findings are discussed.

“…Second, though participants were actual mobile advertisement viewers, they were university students. Like younger populations tend to spend more time using media formats such as instant messaging, voice mail, etc., 41,42 studies including younger or older generations should be conducted to gain understanding of the interaction between media effects and age. Finally, although the participants had no differences in destination knowledge or experience and also were exposed to all the destinations in the experiment, some students might be exposed to a certain destination in a specific format between the first and second experiments.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Influence of Media Type on Attitude Toward Mobile Advertisements Over Time

Sung

Cho

2012

This study explores the relationships between consumers and mobile advertisements on attitude change over time. Two experiments were used to investigate both immediate and delayed effects of different media types on attitudes toward mobile advertisements. Experiment 1 formulated three types of advertisements corresponding to three media types: text, still pictures, and motion pictures. The results indicate that motion pictures on mobile phones significantly influence consumers' initial attitudes toward advertisements. Experiment 2, focusing on delayed effects, was conducted 4 weeks after Experiment 1. Ninety-five of the 117 participants in Experiment 1 were contacted via cellular phone. The results of Experiment 2 showed a decrease in attitude in relation to motion pictures, whereas an increase in attitude in relation to text and still pictures was observed. The findings were interpreted from the perspectives of media characteristics, consumer behavior, and advertising research.