The Video Game from the Perspective of Positive Psychology

Liang, Shuang; Li, Honghan; Yang, Xiaojun

doi:10.4236/jss.2014.28009

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“…Although the results and recommendations from this study cannot eliminate the stressors, they may help lessen the degree to which the international medical undergraduates are affected by the poor cross-cultural adaption. Since previous studies have developed a series of brief micro-training interventions that focused on improving individuals' optimism and resilience (56)(57)(58), it is worth implementing among the international medical undergraduates to counteract stress induced by cross-cultural adaption, and maintain their psychological health during the COVID-19 pandemic. University educators ought to promote and make use of programs such as the ones that cope with stress and boost optimism and resilience in order to support students not only adapt well to a new culture, but also keep good psychological health.…”

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Relationships Between Cross-Cultural Adaption, Perceived Stress and Psychological Health Among International Undergraduate Students From a Medical University During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Moderated Mediation Model

Wang

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Front. Psychiatry

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International university students may be at greater risk for developing psychological problems due to the unique stressors in them, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of present study is to propose and test a moderated mediation model that would illuminate the underlying relationships of cross-cultural adaption, perceived stress and psychological health as well as the moderating effect of optimism and resilience among international medical undergraduates in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was conducted via a web-based survey in November 2020. Electronic informed consents were obtained from all participants. A total of 453 students including 233 males and 220 females aged 18 to 28 years with an average age of 22.09 (SD = 2.73) completed the questionnaires. Symptom Checklist 90, the measurement of cross-cultural adaption, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Life Orientation Test-Revised and the Resilience Scale were used for the survey. Results for the moderated mediation model testing revealed that cross-cultural adaption significantly and negatively associated with the Global Severity Index (GSI) of the Symptom Checklist 90 (β = −0.24, P < 0.01), and perceived stress partially mediated the relationship. Optimism (β = −0.29, P < 0.01) and confidence in COVID-19 control (β = −0.19, P < 0.01) had direct negative effects on perceived stress. Furthermore, optimism and resilience negatively moderated the indirect effect of cross-cultural adaption on psychological health through perceived stress. Findings of this study suggest that university educators ought to promote or make use of programs that cope with stress and boost optimism and resilience in order to support students not only adapt well to a new culture, but also keep good psychological health during the period of COVID-19 pandemic.

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Relationships Between Cross-Cultural Adaption, Perceived Stress and Psychological Health Among International Undergraduate Students From a Medical University During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Moderated Mediation Model

Wang

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“…In terms of social participation and health, studies have shown that social participation can significantly improve the health status of middle-aged and elderly people. Liang et al used the data from the 2018 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) to comprehensively analyze the impact of social participation on the health of the elderly using logistic regression modeling and propensity score matching method, and found that social participation can improve the physical and mental health of the elderly [44]. He et al argues that social participation is an important action program to promote mental health in old age and realize active aging.…”

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Effects of mobile Internet use on the health of middle-aged and older adults: evidences from China health and retirement longitudinal study

Wang,

Chen

2024

BMC Public Health

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The rapid development of digital technology has radically changed people’s lives. Simultaneously, as the population is rapidly aging, academic research is focusing on the use of Internet technology to improve middle-aged and older people’s health, particularly owing to the popularity of mobile networks, which has further increased the population’s accessibility to the Internet. However, related studies have not yet reached a consensus. Herein, empirical analysis of the influence of mobile Internet use on the subjective health and chronic disease status of individuals in their Middle Ages and above was conducted utilizing ordered logit, propensity score matching (PSM), and ordered probit models with data from the 2020 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. The study aimed to provide a theoretical basis and reference for exploring technological advances to empower the development of a healthy Chinese population and to advance the process of healthy aging. The health of middle-aged and older adults mobile Internet users was greatly improved, according to our findings. Further, the use of mobile Internet by these persons resulted in improvements to both their self-assessed health and the state of their chronic diseases. As per the findings of the heterogeneity analysis, the impact of mobile Internet use was shown to be more pronounced on the well-being of middle-aged persons aged 45–60 years compared to those aged ≥ 60 years. Further, the endogeneity test revealed that the PSM model could better eliminate bias in sample selection. The results suggest that the estimates are more robust after eliminating endogeneity, and that failure to disentangle sample selectivity bias would overestimate not only the facilitating effect of mobile Internet use on the self-assessed health impacts of middle-aged and older adults, but also the ameliorating effect of mobile Internet use on the chronic diseases of middle-aged and older adults. The results of the mechanistic analysis suggest that social engagement is an important mediating mechanism between mobile Internet use and the health of middle-aged and older adults. This implies that mobile Internet use increases opportunities for social participation among middle-aged and older adults, thereby improving their health.

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“…Another indicator of the discussed partnership is an increase in the number of studies on beneficial human-technology interactions. They cover: (a) positive influence: e.g., reduction of symptoms of depression and stress (Villani et al, 2016), resilience (Phippen and Street, 2022), self-control (Greaney, 2016), cyberactivism (Stiff, 2019), social support (Coulson and Buchanan, 2022), inclusion (Chadwick and Wesson, 2016), love and close relationships (Hamilton, 2016); (b) technology applications: e.g., e-learning (Lawn et al, 2017), digital therapy (Gaggioli and Riva, 2014), health management (Sillence and Briggs, 2018); (c) innovation: e.g., AI (Tomašev et al, 2020); videogames (Liang et al, 2014), virtual reality (Chirico et al, 2016), wearable devices (Patel et al, 2015) and (d) beneficial usage of technology (e.g., Ko and Kuo, 2009;Nguyen, 2021). This research is complemented by reports of active participation 303 of psychologists in project teams (e.g., CHI, 2022).…”

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Positive cyberpsychology as a field of study of the well-being of people interacting with and via technology

Fortuna

2023

Front. Psychol.

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The aim of the article is to postulate introducing and developing positive cyberpsychology (PCyb) as a subdiscipline of cyberpsychology, which emerges at the intersection of cyberpsychology, positive psychology, and well-being informed design, and focuses on studying determinants of human well-being through interactions with and via technology. The article presents the rationale for considering the emergence of PCyb based on the importance of research on the positive transformation of people in the era of progressive digitalization and cyborgization, and the growing partnership of cyberpsychology, positive psychology, and well-being informed design in the form of paradigms and ongoing research. Moreover, it highlights the need to reframe cyberpsychology dominated by the study of the “dark side” of technology and the need to integrate and increase the “visibility” of research results on the beneficial effects of technology. The article also accentuates the opening perspective of a more in-depth analysis of the positive transformation process than the one existing within the well-being informed design and underlines a broader plan of innovation use than is taken into account in cyberpsychology and positive psychology. Lastly, it discusses the use of the results of research conducted within PCyb in the design of new technologies, consulting, and education, as well as the possibility of strengthening the voice of psychologists in the debate about the future of humans functioning in the constantly changing technosphere.

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The Video Game from the Perspective of Positive Psychology

Cited by 8 publications

References 6 publications

Relationships Between Cross-Cultural Adaption, Perceived Stress and Psychological Health Among International Undergraduate Students From a Medical University During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Moderated Mediation Model

Relationships Between Cross-Cultural Adaption, Perceived Stress and Psychological Health Among International Undergraduate Students From a Medical University During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Moderated Mediation Model

Effects of mobile Internet use on the health of middle-aged and older adults: evidences from China health and retirement longitudinal study

Positive cyberpsychology as a field of study of the well-being of people interacting with and via technology

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