Webcam travel: A preliminary examination of psychological well-being

IF 3 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Tourism and Hospitality Research Pub Date : 2022-12-12 DOI:10.1177/14673584221145818

Stephanie Man Fung Lee, S. Filep, Sera Vada, Brian King

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Abstract

Travel has been identified as a significant contributor to psychological well-being. The recent COVID-19 global pandemic disrupted travel patterns and behaviours, thereby negatively affecting the psychological health and well-being of those involved. With accelerating technology use, multiple forms of virtual tourism have emerged as alternatives to physical travel, including travel via webcam. Webcam travel has received limited scholarly attention, despite the unique capacity of global place-based webcams to offer cost-free, real-time viewing of places and destinations. Similarly, there has been limited research on how participation in webcam travel influences psychological well-being. This research note examines how the digital experience accelerates the hedonic and eudaimonic psychological well-being of webcam viewers by proposing a new model – Webcam Travel DREAMA (detachment-recovery, engagement, affiliation, meaning and achievement) model. The findings provide a better understanding of webcam travel and psychological well-being, establishing potential directions for future researchers.

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网络摄像头旅行：心理健康的初步检查

旅游被认为是心理健康的重要因素。最近的COVID-19全球大流行扰乱了旅行模式和行为，从而对相关人员的心理健康和福祉产生了负面影响。随着技术使用的加速，多种形式的虚拟旅游已经成为物理旅行的替代品，包括通过网络摄像头的旅行。网络摄像头旅行受到的学术关注有限，尽管全球基于地点的网络摄像头具有独特的能力，可以提供免费的、实时的地点和目的地视图。同样，关于参与网络摄像头旅行如何影响心理健康的研究也很有限。本研究报告通过提出一个新的模型——网络摄像头旅行梦(分离-恢复、参与、归属、意义和成就)模型，探讨了数字体验如何加速网络摄像头观看者的享乐和快乐心理健康。这一发现有助于更好地理解网络摄像头旅行和心理健康，为未来的研究人员奠定了潜在的方向。

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