Zoom Fatigue and Mental Well-Being among School Executives

Determinants of Zoom Fatigue Among Graduate Students of Teacher Education Program

“…This research also noted that among the five nonverbal factors, the sense of being physically trapped is the most significant predictor of Zoom fatigue. This result replicates the findings of prior studies based abroad and locally [8,12,18]. Zoom users need to stay within the camera's field view resulting in reduced mobility when sitting down and staring straight ahead for most of the time during videoconferencing [5].…”

“…Approximately 41-56% prevalence of Zoom fatigue was reported among medical school students in Brazil [19]. We also noted in this research that graduate students experienced the highest level of fatigue in the general fatigue domain, followed by the visual fatigue domain, a similar finding from the study of undergraduate students [23] and faculty and school administrators [8,12]. Steps to lessen the fatigue experienced in video calls in graduate education may be made, such as better video conference management and technical improvements in videoconferencing applications [24].…”

“…Meanwhile, there is also a growing body of evidence on Zoom meetings' likely negative physical and psychological consequences [12][13][14][15]. Overuse of technology has resulted in technostress affecting physical and mental health [16].…”

Factors predicting videoconferencing fatigue among higher education faculty

“…These two nonverbal mechanisms were described under the subdimension of self-related technological factors of videoconferencing fatigue which addresses self-related attentional aspects, own actions, and self-perception during the communication process (Döring et al, 2022 ). Analyses of data of school executives and samples from the Stanford study likewise noted that being physically trapped and mirror anxiety, along with the three nonverbal mechanisms identified by Bailenson (2021) were related significantly to Zoom fatigue levels (Fauville et al, 2021b ; Oducado et al, 2021c ). In addition, the finding of this study is similar to the result of Fauville et al, ( 2021b ) wherein being physically trapped was found to be the most significant predictor of fatigue among the five nonverbal mechanisms.…”

“…The communication patterns of students and teachers on the Zoom application have also been explored (Salsabila et al, 2021 ). Additionally, the influence of videoconference fatigue on mental health has also been investigated (Blandin et al, 2021 ; Oducado et al, 2021c ). However, research on contributory factors to videoconferencing fatigue among faculty members is still limited.…”