Solfrid Raknes, Dana Townsend, Charbel Ghostine, Mahmoud Hammoud
{"title":"Expanding Access to Mental Health: Evaluating the Potential of a Serious Mental Health Game for Adolescents.","authors":"Solfrid Raknes, Dana Townsend, Charbel Ghostine, Mahmoud Hammoud","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0688","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0688","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Digital technologies are important for expanding access to mental health support in low-resource settings. The current study tests the feasibility of a blended learning mental health intervention that was implemented for adolescents in Lebanon (<i>N</i> = 1,234), most of whom were Syrian refugees. The intervention features a digital game called The Helping Hand, which teaches adolescents how to respond to psychosocial challenges healthily and develop effective coping strategies. The blended learning intervention was tested using a single-arm, non-blinded, mixed-methods approach, through the analysis of pre-post questionnaires and key informant interviews. Results showed that the intervention was well accepted and popular among participating adolescents and the team that implemented it. After completing the intervention, adolescents showed a significant decrease in anxiety and depression symptoms and a significant increase in overall well-being. The feasibility and potential impact observed in this study demonstrate the benefits of continuing to refine and expand digital interventions that improve access to mental health support for vulnerable populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"873-880"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mina Park, Seongmin Son, Sunhwa Lee, Hyunjeong Baek, Ji In Park
{"title":"Enhancing Digital Health Engagement in Chronic Disease: The Role of Doctor-Patient Communication and Media Use in Acceptance of Digital Health Care Among End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients.","authors":"Mina Park, Seongmin Son, Sunhwa Lee, Hyunjeong Baek, Ji In Park","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0699","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0699","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines digital health challenges among end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients, a population characterized by older age, lower socioeconomic status, and limited access to modern technologies. Drawing from the Mere Exposure Effect, the Technology Acceptance Model, and insights from doctor-patient communication literature, our study implemented a month-long intervention across three distinct groups. The Digital Media Exposure Group watched doctor-recommended videos on YouTube using a tablet PC twice weekly for four weeks. The Digital Media Exposure with Doctor-Patient Communication Group engaged in physician-led discussions about the viewed content during their medical visits in addition to the activities in the first group. The Control Group received printed medical information that mirrored the content of the videos. Participants in this study, all of whom were diagnosed with ESKD, were recruited from a university hospital in South Korea (<i>n</i> = 88, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 64.8). Their perceptions, attitudes, and behavioral intentions regarding digital health care were measured and compared between groups. The results unveiled significant group differences [Wilk's <i>Λ</i> = 0.829, <i>F</i>(8, 164) = 2.02, <i>p</i> = 0.047, partial <i>η</i><sup>2</sup> = 0.090], with variations in attitudes, perceived ease of use, and intentions among groups, and effect sizes ranging from 0.069 to 0.096.These findings underscore the importance of tailored interventions to address digital health disparities, particularly among underserved demographic groups. Strategies that prioritize user-friendly interfaces and clear communication between doctors and patients are advocated to promote digital health engagement, ensuring equitable access and improved outcomes for patients with chronic disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"939-947"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141916301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building and Investigating Digital Health Technologies to Promote Health Equity.","authors":"Susan Persky, Brenda Curtis","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.56894.ged","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2024.56894.ged","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":"27 12","pages":"862-864"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142821618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elena Sajno, Stefano De Gaspari, Chiara Pupillo, Giuseppe Riva
{"title":"CO-XAI-Cognitive Decision Intelligence Framework for Explainable AI Systems.","authors":"Elena Sajno, Stefano De Gaspari, Chiara Pupillo, Giuseppe Riva","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.87594.ceu","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2024.87594.ceu","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"954-956"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142767056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kim Tenfelde, Ayla Dijkmans, Nadine Bol, Mart Kicken, Chris van der Lee, Jan de Wit, Barbara Maat
{"title":"Patient Perspectives on a Digital Assistant for Medication Reconciliation: An Interview Study Comparing Socioeconomic Groups.","authors":"Kim Tenfelde, Ayla Dijkmans, Nadine Bol, Mart Kicken, Chris van der Lee, Jan de Wit, Barbara Maat","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0626","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0626","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Medication reconciliation, the process of documenting a patient's medication, is currently a time-consuming and labor-intensive process. To make medication reconciliation more efficient, digital assistants (DAs) offer a promising solution. Especially since human-like digital interfaces tend to be appreciated by more vulnerable populations such as patients in a low socioeconomic position (SEP). Despite the potential of DAs for low-SEP populations in particular, these groups are often not involved during the development and design phase of such digital health interventions. This exclusion may explain the lower adoption rates of digital interventions among low-SEP patients and exacerbate the so-called digital divide. We explored the perceptions and needs of patients across the SEP gradient using a participatory design approach. Patients of low-, middle-, and high-SEP backgrounds were asked to interact with a DA developed for this study and were interviewed afterward. A thematic analysis revealed seven themes regarding design, input method, comprehensibility, privacy concerns, benefits, the intention to use, and reassurance. Overall, patients were afraid to make mistakes in their medication entries and therefore valued feedback from the system or caregivers. Low-SEP patients specifically seemed to value more structured input methods when using the DA, while high-SEP patients emphasized the importance of a secure environment for the DA and sought clarity about its functionalities. Our study demonstrates the importance of involving patients across the socioeconomic gradient when developing a digital health tool and offers concrete recommendations for inclusive DA design for researchers and developers.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"865-872"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142105205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fabio Frisone, Marina Cosenza, Giulia Brizzi, Giuseppe Riva
{"title":"Click, Buy, Repeat: Understanding the Psychological and Behavioral Mechanisms of Online Shopping Behavior.","authors":"Fabio Frisone, Marina Cosenza, Giulia Brizzi, Giuseppe Riva","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0540","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0540","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"856-858"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142582325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing or Compensating? Role of On- and Offline Social Capital and Technological Self-Efficacy on Subjective Well-Being among Immigrants and Natives.","authors":"Nari Yoo, Sou Hyun Jang","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0152","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0152","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The ability and self-efficacy to utilize the internet and technological devices has become critical during the COVID-19 pandemic. By examining the role of on- and offline social capital as a moderator in the relationship between technological self-efficacy (TSE) and subjective well-being, this study aims to contribute to the understanding of whether the social compensation or social enhancement hypotheses explain the well-being of immigrants in South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyzed data from the 2020 Digital Divide Survey of immigrants (<i>n</i> = 700) and native-born Koreans (<i>n</i> = 6,910) aged ≥18 years. In the ordinary least squares regression model, subjective well-being (SWB) was the dependent variable and TSE was the independent variable. Online social capital, including bonding and bridging, was the moderating variable. Moreover, we tested the moderated moderation of nativity and on- and offline social capital. The results showed that bonding and bridging on- and offline social capital played a positive role in the SWB of both immigrants and native-born Koreans; bridging played a greater role among immigrants than among native-born Koreans. Furthermore, the interaction between TSE and online bonding social capital has a stronger association with the SWB of immigrants, as supported by the moderated moderation model. In line with the social enhancement hypothesis, immigrants with more online bonding social capital showed a stronger positive association between TSE and subjective well-being. Our results suggest that culturally adapted technological education for immigrants can be tailored to meet their unique needs and experiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"846-855"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142388755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ariella P Lenton-Brym, Candice M Monson, Julia Spaniol, Gillian Shoychet, Kristen M Hernandez, Martin M Antony
{"title":"Negative Affect Following Dating Application Use is Predicted by Social Anxiety Symptoms and Match Rate.","authors":"Ariella P Lenton-Brym, Candice M Monson, Julia Spaniol, Gillian Shoychet, Kristen M Hernandez, Martin M Antony","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0604","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0604","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social rejection is a common and unavoidable experience for users of dating apps. Research suggests that socially anxious individuals may be particularly likely to use dating apps to establish intimate relationships, given their preference for online (vs. face-to-face) communication. However, social anxiety (SA) symptoms are associated with heightened negative affect and decreased prosocial behavior following social rejection, suggesting that exposure to dating app rejection has deleterious consequences in this population. This study examined whether SA symptoms and social rejection (vs. acceptance) feedback interact to predict participants' negative and positive affect and social engagement with dating app matches. Participants (<i>N</i> = 128) evaluated for SA symptoms were randomly assigned to receive high or low match rate feedback on a simulated dating application task. SA symptoms were negatively associated with positive affect following high match rate feedback and positively associated with negative affect following low match rate feedback. SA symptoms were negatively associated with self-reported likelihood of contact initiation with matches. Results suggest that high socially anxious individuals are more susceptible to negative repercussions of social rejection on dating applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"807-814"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142521282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sameer Ansari, Naved Iqbal, Ahmad Azeem, Kainaat Danyal
{"title":"Improving Well-Being Through Digital Detoxification Among Social Media Users: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Sameer Ansari, Naved Iqbal, Ahmad Azeem, Kainaat Danyal","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0742","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0742","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Digital detoxification is a conscious disconnection from all smartphone activities for a certain period of time, which has been undertaken as effective by researchers to improve well-being, but studies found inconsistent results, with a primary focus on negative well-being, thus necessitating a need to focus on the positive aspect. As a result, the current study conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess digital detoxification and its influence on users subjective and psychological well-being (PWB). A comprehensive search (up to November 19, 2023) across databases such as PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Pro-Quest, and Google Search yielded a total of 26 eligible studies (18 for meta-analysis) comprising 8,147 participants (<i>M<sub>age</sub></i> = 25.20 years). The Studies' quality was assessed using Cochrane's updated Risk of Bias Tool, and statistical analysis was performed in R Studio. Digital detoxification was found to be effective in improving subjective well-being (SWB) (Standardized mean difference [<i>SMD</i>] = 0.21, <i>95% CI</i>: 0.06, 0.34; <i>p</i> < 0.01, <i>I<sup>2</sup></i> = 73.6%, <i>n</i> = 14 papers), as well as PWB (<i>SMD</i> = 0.27, <i>95% CI</i>: 0.09, 0.46; <i>p</i> < 0.05; <i>I<sup>2</sup></i> = 0.0%, <i>n</i> = 4 papers). Notably, we detected no publication bias but addressed funnel plot asymmetry using Trim & Fill. Moderation analysis revealed the impact of internet coverage, developmental status, location, intervention effectiveness, and risk of bias on the estimated effect size for SWB. Meta-regression highlighted the significant influence of mean age, and although no potential outliers were identified, influential plots are provided for transparency. Our findings consolidate the efficacy of digital detoxification, emphasizing the need for nuanced consideration of study factors. This study contributes to the ongoing discourse on digital well-being, offering valuable insights for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"753-770"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Humanity's Evolving Conversations: AI as Confidant, Coach, and Companion.","authors":"Brenda K Wiederhold","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0387","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0387","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"750-752"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141632933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}