Virtual Meeting Fatigue

Epstein, Helen-Ann Brown

doi:10.1080/15323269.2020.1819758

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“…Remote communication could potentially be a solution, with our findings of lower depressive symptoms among mothers who had remote communication with a higher proportion of their personal network that they had not also seen in person. However, our qualitative findings suggest that seeking support and information may be more challenging via remote communication – several studies have also highlighted the costs of remote communication, including “Zoom fatigue” ( Archer and Kao, 2018 ; Epstein, 2020 ). It is important, therefore, that the burden of seeking contact does not fall on the mother.…”

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Communication Across Maternal Social Networks During England’s First National Lockdown and Its Association With Postnatal Depressive Symptoms

Myers

Emmott

2021

Front. Psychol.

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Postnatal/postpartum depression (PND/PPD) had a pre-COVID-19 estimated prevalence ranging up to 23% in Europe, 33% in Australia, and 64% in America, and is detrimental to both mothers and their infants. Low social support is a key risk factor for developing PND. From an evolutionary perspective this is perhaps unsurprising, as humans evolved as cooperative childrearers, inherently reliant on social support to raise children. The coronavirus pandemic has created a situation in which support from social networks beyond the nuclear family is likely to be even more important to new mothers, as it poses risks and stresses for mothers to contend with; whilst at the same time, social distancing measures designed to limit transmission create unprecedented alterations to their access to such support. Using data from 162 mothers living in London with infants aged ≤6 months, we explore how communication with members of a mother’s social network related to her experience of postnatal depressive symptoms during the first “lockdown” in England. Levels of depressive symptoms, as assessed via the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, were high, with 47.5% of the participants meeting a ≥11 cut-off for PND. Quasi-Poisson regression modelling found that the number of network members seen in-person, and remote communication with a higher proportion of those not seen, was negatively associated with depressive symptoms; however, contact with a higher proportion of relatives was positively associated with symptoms, suggesting kin risked seeing mothers in need. Thematic qualitative analysis of open text responses found that mothers experienced a burden of constant mothering, inadequacy of virtual contact, and sadness and worries about lost social opportunities, while support from partners facilitated family bonding. While Western childrearing norms focus on intensive parenting, and fathers are key caregivers, our results highlight that it still “takes a village” to raise children in high-income populations and mothers are struggling in its absence.

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Communication Across Maternal Social Networks During England’s First National Lockdown and Its Association With Postnatal Depressive Symptoms

Myers

Emmott

2021

Front. Psychol.

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“… Booking virtual meetings at least 24 h in advance so that participants have time to prepare/timely agenda setting Ma ( 2020 ) RQ 2: Does avoidance of short-term booking of videoconferences reduce stress? Scheduling breaks between virtual meetings Brown Epstein ( 2020 ), Fosslien and Duffy ( 2020 ), Ma ( 2020 ), Rump and Brandt ( 2020a ), Wiederhold ( 2020 ) RQ 3: How do breaks contribute to recovery from the negative effects of videoconferences, and which break designs are most effective? Holding fewer virtual meetings/limiting use of videoconferencing tools Ionos ( 2020 ), Wiederhold ( 2020 ) RQ 4: Does limiting the number of videoconferences per day, or per week, reduce stress?…”

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“… Advising that participants use mute when not speaking (to avoid interruptions) Wiederhold ( 2020 ) RQ 6: Does muting reduce cognitive effort and stress during videoconferencing? Varying activities / involving the audience with a poll or questions (e.g., in online lectures) Brown Epstein ( 2020 ), Toney et al ( 2021 ) RQ 7: Does regular change of stimuli during videoconferencing reduce cognitive effort and stress? Personal Behavioral Rules Avoid multitasking Brown Epstein ( 2020 ), Fosslien and Duffy ( 2020 ), Wiederhold ( 2020 ) RQ 8: What forms of multitasking do people apply during videoconferencing, do other participants perceive their partners’ multitasking, and what are the stress and group performance effects?…”

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“…With the enormous increase of videoconferencing adoption rates in Spring 2020, newspaper and magazine reports emerged that used the term Zoom fatigue (e.g., Fosslien & Duffy, 2020 ; Morris, 2020 ; Sklar, 2020 ). Also, scientists in various disciplines including psychology (Wiederhold, 2020 ), Information Systems (IS) (Toney et al, 2021 ), human–computer interaction (Bailenson, 2021 ), psychophysiology (Peper et al, 2021 ), and health science (Brown Epstein, 2020 ) began to describe this new phenomenon. Recent survey evidence substantiates the significance of the problem (e.g., Asgari et al, 2021 ; Fauville et al, 2021b ; Rump & Brandt, 2020a , 2020b ).…”

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On the stress potential of videoconferencing: definition and root causes of Zoom fatigue

Riedl

2021

Electron Markets

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As a consequence of lockdowns due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the resulting restricted social mobility, several billion people worldwide have recently had to replace physical face-to-face communication with computer-mediated interaction. Notably, the adoption rates of videoconferencing increased significantly in 2020, predominantly because videoconferencing resembles face-to-face interaction. Tools such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Cisco Webex are used by hundreds of millions of people today. Videoconferencing may bring benefits (e.g., saving of travel costs, preservation of environment). However, prolonged and inappropriate use of videoconferencing may also have an enormous stress potential. A new phenomenon and term emerged, Zoom fatigue, a synonym for videoconference fatigue. This paper develops a definition for Zoom fatigue and presents a conceptual framework that explores the major root causes of videoconferencing fatigue and stress. The development of the framework draws upon media naturalness theory and its underlying theorizing is based on research published across various scientific fields, including the disciplines of both behavioral science and neuroscience. Based on this theoretical foundation, hypotheses are outlined. Moreover, implications for research and practice are discussed.

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“…Frustration wird eng verknüpft mit mangelhafter Medienkompetenz (Brown Epstein 2020 ). Die neuen Anforderungen der Technik verunsichern, beanspruchen Energie und lenken leicht vom eigentlichen Auftrag der Begegnung im virtuellen Raum ab.…”

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Zoom-Fatigue managen

Legerer-Bratengeyer¹

2021

Psychotherapie Forum

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ZusammenfassungIm März 2020, bedingt durch die Corona-Pandemie, hat sich die Berufsgruppe der Psychotherapeut_innen flexibel und spontan auf die Anforderung des Online-Settings als Behandlungsformat eingelassen. Es galt die Versorgung der Klient_innen unbedingt aufrecht zu halten und einen Anteil an der Gesamtgesundheit der Bevölkerung zu leisten. Durch digitale Kommunikation im Online-Video-Setting ergeben sich für Psychotherapeut_innen bisher wenig beachtete, zusätzliche Belastungen. Insbesondere Arbeitsplatzsicherheit (Bildschirmarbeitsverordnung), Achtsamkeit und Sorgsamkeit für Augen, Binokularsystem, Rücken, Schultern und Nacken sowie der Umgang mit einer neuen Form der Erschöpfung, der Zoom-Fatigue, sind von Bedeutung. Die Arbeitswelt 4.0 hat Einzug in die psychotherapeutischen Praxen gehalten und bringt neue Aspekte und Anforderungen an Selbstfürsorge und Psychohygiene.

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Virtual Meeting Fatigue

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Communication Across Maternal Social Networks During England’s First National Lockdown and Its Association With Postnatal Depressive Symptoms

Communication Across Maternal Social Networks During England’s First National Lockdown and Its Association With Postnatal Depressive Symptoms

On the stress potential of videoconferencing: definition and root causes of Zoom fatigue

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