{"title":"Wired for Exhaustion: The Urgent Need for Human-Centric Cybersecurity.","authors":"Brenda K Wiederhold","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0307","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0307","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"677-679"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141445864","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}
Giuseppe Riva, Brenda K Wiederhold, Fabrizia Mantovani
{"title":"The Disembodied Disconnect Hypothesis: How Online Interactions Undermine Neurobiological Foundations of Social Cohesion.","authors":"Giuseppe Riva, Brenda K Wiederhold, Fabrizia Mantovani","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0334","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0334","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"680-682"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141476151","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}
Bruno Porras-Garcia, Juliana Rojas-Rincón, Annalisa Adams, Maite Garolera, Rocio Chang
{"title":"Immersive Virtual Reality Cognitive Training for Improving Cognition and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults. Current Evidence and Future Recommendations. A Systematic Review.","authors":"Bruno Porras-Garcia, Juliana Rojas-Rincón, Annalisa Adams, Maite Garolera, Rocio Chang","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0090","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0090","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Older adults, particularly impacted by the pandemic, are anticipated to face considerable challenges to their cognitive and psychological health. Various cognitive training methods have been proposed to improve their cognitive decline through regular practice. Immersive virtual reality (IVR) offers a promising avenue to bolster cognitive and mental health care accessibility for older adults and has shown potential in augmenting traditional cognitive training methods. This systematic review aims to assess the efficacy of IVR-based cognitive training on improving cognitive impairments and depressive symptoms among older adults, irrespective of their level of cognitive decline. Systematic searches were conducted across MEDLINE-PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science databases from inception to December 2022. Only peer-reviewed articles reporting results from randomized controlled trials and pilot studies, focusing on the effects of VR-based cognitive training on adults aged 55 or older, were deemed eligible. Using the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions, the risk of bias was appraised for each selected study. Out of 3,835 studies identified, 9 met the inclusion criteria. The qualitative analyses concluded that IVR cognitive training interventions enhanced certain cognitive functions and well-being among older adults, notably those with mild cognitive impairments. These interventions were particularly effective in boosting memory, visuospatial abilities, and measures related to depressive symptoms and overall well-being. However, enhancements were less pronounced for executive functions, attention, and global cognition. Based on these findings, we propose a set of tailored, inclusive, and evidence-based recommendations to adapt emerging technologies to better accommodate the needs of older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"692-703"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142046392","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, Resham Asif, Mohammad Hashim, Saif R Farooqi, Zainab Alimoradi
{"title":"Social Media Use and Well-Being: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Sameer Ansari, Naved Iqbal, Resham Asif, Mohammad Hashim, Saif R Farooqi, Zainab Alimoradi","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0001","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prior research has investigated the link between social media use (SMU) and negative well-being. However, the connection with positive well-being has not been extensively studied, leading to a situation where there are inconsistent and inconclusive findings. This study fills this gap by examining the correlation between excessive and problematic SMU and subjective as well as psychological well-being (PWB). We conducted a systematic search across databases such as PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, and gray literature sources such as Research Gate and ProQuest, yielding 51 relevant studies for meta-analysis, encompassing a sample size of 680,506 individuals. Employing the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, we assessed study quality, whereas statistical analysis was executed using R Studio. Excessive SMU showed no significant association with subjective (<i>ES</i> = 0.003, 95% confidence interval [<i>95% CI</i>]: -0.08, 0.09; <i>p</i> = 0.94, <i>I</i><sup>2</sup> = 95.8%, <i>k</i> =16) and PWB (<i>ES</i> = 0.16, <i>95% CI</i>: -0.15, 0.45; <i>p</i> = 0.26, <i>I</i><sup>2</sup> = 98%, <i>k</i> = 7). Conversely, problematic SMU showed a negative correlation with subjective (<i>ES = -0.14</i>, <i>95% CI</i>: -0.20, -0.09; <i>p</i> = 0.00, <i>I</i><sup>2</sup> = 93.3%, <i>k</i> = 25) and PWB (<i>ES = -0.19</i>, <i>95% CI</i>: -0.31, -0.06; <i>p</i> = 0.01, <i>I</i><sup>2</sup> = 95%, <i>k</i> = 5), with two outliers removed. No publication bias was detected. Subgroup analysis highlighted effects of \"sampling method\" (<i>p</i> < 0.05), \"study quality\" (<i>p</i> < 0.05), \"developmental status\" (<i>p</i> < 0.05), \"forms of social media\" (<i>p</i> < 0.05), and \"type of population\" (<i>p</i> < 0.01) on the estimated pooled effect sizes. Although univariate meta-regression showed the effects of \"% of Internet users\" (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and \"male%\" (<i>p</i> < 0.05), and multivariate meta-regression showed the combined effect of moderators only on the relationship between problematic SMU and subjective well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"704-719"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142079542","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":"Cyberbullying and Suicidal Behavior, Self-Harm, and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies.","authors":"Irene Morales-Arjona, Vivian Benítez-Hidalgo, Isabel Ruiz-Pérez, Camila Higueras-Callejón, Guadalupe Pastor-Moreno","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0097","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0097","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Aim:</i></b> Identify and systematically review cohort studies examining the association between cyberbullying (CB) and suicidal ideation, attempted suicide, self-harm, and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). <b><i>Methods:</i></b> Systematic literature review following PRISMA guidelines. Searches for relevant literature were conducted in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, PsyINFO, CINAHL, Embase, and Cochrane up until July 2023. Cohort studies were included that provided information regarding the association between CB and different dimensions pertaining to self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB) separately. Gathered information included data on study characteristics, sample characteristics, prevalence, and associations between CB and variables pertaining to SITB. Findings were synthesized, and grouping studies as a function of the outcome variable was analyzed. <b><i>Results:</i></b> A total of 19 studies were included. Suicidal ideation was analyzed in 11 studies, with the majority (<i>n</i> = 8) reporting statistically significant positive associations (aOR = 1.88 [1.08, 3.29], β = 0.08 to 0.47). Only a single study conducted independent analysis of attempted suicide, finding a statistically significant association (aOR 1.88 [1.08, 3.29]). Outcomes regarding the self-harm variable were equivocal, with only two out of five studies finding a statistically significant association and one of these, which conducted a gender differentiated analysis, only finding a significant association in females. Studies that considered the NSSI dimension were also inconclusive, with only a limited number of studies (<i>n</i> = 5) producing contradictory outcomes. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> There is a need to continue exploring the relationship between CB and different dimensions within the spectrum of SITB through longitudinal studies. It is recommended that analyses adopt a new perspective in which short-term follow-up is prioritized or individualized follow-up periods are considered, given the rapidly changing nature of suicidal tendencies. It would be interesting to analyze the frequency, persistence, or severity of CB events and broaden research to include all age ranges. Special attention should also be given to potential gender differences and possible mediators or moderators.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"683-691"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142105204","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":"Exploring Affective Representations in Emotional Narratives: An Exploratory Study Comparing ChatGPT and Human Responses.","authors":"Chaery Park, Jongwan Kim","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0100","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0100","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While artificial Intelligence (AI) has made significant advancements, the seeming absence of its emotional ability has hindered effective communication with humans. This study explores how ChatGPT (ChatGPT-3.5 Mar 23, 2023 Version) represents affective responses to emotional narratives and compare these responses to human responses. Thirty-four participants read affect-eliciting short stories and rated their emotional responses and 10 recorded ChatGPT sessions generated responses to the stories. Classification analyses revealed the successful identification of affective categories of stories, valence, and arousal within and across sessions for ChatGPT. Classification analyses revealed the successful identification of affective categories of stories, valence, and arousal within and across sessions for ChatGPT. Classification accuracies predicting affective categories of stories, valence, and arousal of humans based on the affective ratings of ChatGPT and vice versa were not significant, indicating differences in the way the affective states were represented., indicating differences in the way the affective states were represented. These findings suggested that ChatGPT can distinguish emotional states and generate affective responses consistently, but there are differences in how the affective states are represented between ChatGPT and humans. Understanding these mechanisms is crucial for improving emotional interactions with AI.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"736-741"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142125052","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":"Harnessing Hope in Digital Spaces for Health Equity: How Group Comparison Information and Supportive Comments Influence Bone Marrow Donor Intentions for African Americans.","authors":"Roselyn J Lee-Won,Lanier F Holt","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2023.0598","url":null,"abstract":"Pursuing health equity necessitates recognizing health disparities that disproportionately impact disadvantaged groups and eliminating their barriers to essential health resources. Interactive digital technologies-specifically, popular social media platforms such as blogs and social networks-can be leveraged to engage underserved minority populations in collective social action aimed at addressing key determinants of health disparities and promoting equitable health outcomes. The present research focuses on the plight of African Americans-a minority group facing significant health disparities. Particularly in the domain of bone marrow donation, African Americans remain the group least likely to find a matching donor. Guided by the social comparison framing literature, we conducted an online experiment to investigate how group comparison information (GCI) emphasizing group-based disparities and supportive user comments on social media platforms influence African Americans' intentions to join a bone marrow registry. In doing so, we considered hope as a mediator and group identification as a moderator. Results based on a conditional process analysis showed that GCI led to greater bone marrow donor intentions in the presence of supportive comments through elicitation of hope, particularly among those low in group identification. The current findings demonstrate that it is important to consider the role of supportive message environments and group identification when addressing health disparities with GCI. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142325066","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}
Susan Persky,Brittany M Hollister,Alison Jane Martingano,Alexander P Dolwick,Sydney H Telaak,Emma M Schopp,Vence L Bonham
{"title":"Assessing Bias Toward a Black or White Simulated Patient with Obesity in a Virtual Reality-Based Genomics Encounter.","authors":"Susan Persky,Brittany M Hollister,Alison Jane Martingano,Alexander P Dolwick,Sydney H Telaak,Emma M Schopp,Vence L Bonham","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2024.0066","url":null,"abstract":"Interpersonal bias based on weight and race is widespread in the clinical setting; it is crucial to investigate how emerging genomics technologies will interact with and influence such biases in the future. The current study uses a virtual reality (VR) simulation to investigate the influence of apparent patient race and provision of genomic information on medical students' implicit and explicit bias toward a virtual patient with obesity. Eighty-four third- and fourth-year medical students (64% female, 42% White) were randomized to interact with a simulated virtual patient who appeared as Black versus White, and to receive genomic risk information for the patient versus a control report. We assessed biased behavior during the simulated encounter and self-reported attitudes toward the virtual patient. Medical student participants tended to express more negative attitudes toward the White virtual patient than the Black virtual patient (both of whom had obesity) when genomic information was absent from the encounter. When genomic risk information was provided, this more often mitigated bias for the White virtual patient, whereas negative attitudes and bias against the Black virtual patient either remained consistent or increased. These patterns underscore the complexity of intersectional identities in clinical settings. Provision of genomic risk information was enough of a contextual shift to alter attitudes and behavior. This research leverages VR simulation to provide an early look at how emerging genomic technologies may differentially influence bias and stereotyping in clinical encounters.","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142321178","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":"Exploring Alternative Health Facebook Groups in the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Automated Content Analysis Through Structural Topic Modeling.","authors":"Yuanyuan Wu,Ozan Kuru","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2024.0184","url":null,"abstract":"Alternative health (AH) has an important role in public health across cultures, as the World Health Organization acknowledges. Using structural topic modeling, we analyzed 25,561 posts from public Facebook groups that contained AH-related content during the COVID-19 pandemic over 3 years. Thirty-one topics emerged, and they were categorized into six major themes, including (1) sharing information regarding AH treatment for COVID-19, (2) spiritual and mental healing in the pandemic, (3) news and information about COVID-19, (4) commercial content related to AH treatment, (5) COVID-19 precautions suggestions, and (6) caution against treating AH as a cure-all. We found that these Facebook groups served as digital spaces for AH content by playing a dual role: (1) disseminating information on COVID-19 and AH for both laypeople and experts and (2) providing spiritual connections and commercial content to alleviate anxiety during the pandemic. While accurate information and social support were shared, a notable part of commercial messages and AH treatments offered for COVID-19 included misleading and unverified claims. Findings shed light on the nature and extent of misleading AH content and why engagement with AH media may contribute to increased belief in health misinformation. We further discuss the complexity and diversity of content on AH media.","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142245245","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}
Ross Andel,Timothy McMahan,Thomas D Parsons,Jakub Hort
{"title":"Virtual Reality Tennis Training: Performance Gains Derived from User Characteristics.","authors":"Ross Andel,Timothy McMahan,Thomas D Parsons,Jakub Hort","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2024.0258","url":null,"abstract":"There is growing interest in virtual reality (VR) training among competitive athletes and casual sports players alike as a tool to supplement real-life play within a highly controlled, intellectually stimulating environment. We examined data from a commercially available, recently released VR software for tennis for changes in and correlates of performance. Two most frequently used tasks were evaluated-Baseline Center and Quick Volley, which include Efficiency (both), Concentration (both), and Reaction Time (Quick Volley only) subtasks. In all, 1,124 (Baseline Center) and 745 (Quick Volley) users met inclusion criteria (completed more than four trials; active sometime between November 2022 and July 2023). We found that most users were male adults and were about evenly split between advanced/pro users and intermediate/beginner users. Two or three trajectories emerged across the subtasks. Performance gains were most pronounced on movement efficiency, especially early on. Adult users generally exhibited more improvement than junior users. Additionally, women and right-handed users improved more on Baseline Center subtasks, and advanced/pro users did better than intermediate/beginner users on Quick Volley subtasks. We discuss that, despite strong performance gains within VR environment, VR training may still reflect in better real-world performance, may increase confidence and accuracy of relevant movement, lower risk of injury, and present a welcome diversion from a potential monotony of performing sport-related tasks in purely real-world settings. Future research should explore the extent to which VR training transfers to real-world performance.","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142245173","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}