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{"title":"Die räumliche Präsenz mediiert den Einfluss von Immersivität auf Entspannung: Eine Sekundäranalyse","authors":"Thiemo Knaust, A. Felnhofer, Oswald D. Kothgassner, H. Höllmer, Robert Gorzka, H. Schulz","doi":"10.24989/dp.v3i2.2046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24989/dp.v3i2.2046","url":null,"abstract":"Durch die fortschreitende Digitalisierung gewinnen virtuelle Entspannungsinterventionen, insbesondere monoskopische 360°Naturaufnahmen, zunehmend an Bedeutung. Während der bisherige Fokus auf der Wirksamkeit monoskopischer 360°Naturaufnahmen lag, haben nur wenige Studien die zugrundeliegenden Wirkfaktoren untersucht. \u0000Hierfür untersucht diese Sekundäranalyse, ob die räumliche Präsenz den Einfluss der Immersivität einer monoskopischen 360°Strandaufnahme auf die selbstberichtete und psychophysiologische Entspannung (Hautleitfähigkeit und Herzrate) mediiert. Explorativ wurde überprüft, ob dieser Mediationseffekt durch das Alter, Geschlecht oder die Technologieängstlichkeit der Teilnehmer beeinflusst wird. \u0000Insgesamt nahmen 102 junge Erwachsene (40.5% weiblich) an einem randomisiert kontrollierten Innersubjektexperiment teil. Alle Teilnehmer durchliefen drei Erholungsbedingungen, in denen sie eine monoskopische 360°Strandaufnahme über ein head-mounted display (HMD) und einen Computerbildschirm sahen und eine Kontrollbedingung ohne Strandvideo durchliefen. Vor der jeweiligen Erholungsbedingung wurden, um das physiologische Aktivierungsniveau zu erhöhen, den Teilnehmern Kopfrechenaufgaben gestellt. \u0000Die Multilevel Mediationsanalyse ergab, dass die Strandaufnahme via HMD signifikant entspannender erlebt wurde als über den Computerbildschirm. Dieser Unterschied wurde durch die räumliche Präsenz mediiert. Explorative Analysen zeigten, dass der Mediationseffekt nicht durch das Alter, Geschlecht oder die Technologieängstlichkeit der Teilnehmer beeinflusst wurde. Entgegen den Erwartungen wurden keine Unterschiede in der Hautleitfähigkeit und Herzrate zwischen den Bedingungen und auch kein mediierender Einfluss der räumlichen Präsenz auf die Psychophysiologie festgestellt. \u0000Diese Studie konnte erstmalig aufzeigen, dass die räumliche Präsenz ein bedeutsamer Wirkfaktor für die selbstberichtete Entspannung einer monoskopischen 360°Strandaufnahme ist, welcher nicht durch das Alter, Geschlecht oder die Technologieängstlichkeit beeinflusst wird. Allerdings ist die Aussagekraft durch fehlende psychophysiologische Entspannungsunterschiede zwischen den beiden Bedingungen eingeschränkt. Entsprechend werden weiterführende Studien zu den Wirkfaktoren monoskopischer 360°Naturvideos benötigt.","PeriodicalId":119095,"journal":{"name":"Digital Psychology","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125109823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Presence and Immersion: A Tale of Two Cities","authors":"A. Felnhofer, O. Kothgassner","doi":"10.24989/dp.v3i2.2180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24989/dp.v3i2.2180","url":null,"abstract":"Highlights:\u00001) the \"sense of presence\" and \"immersion\" are logically distinct but related concepts which to date have often been confused an used synonymously 2) \"immersion\" may be conceptualized as an objective property of technology or the extent to which a user feels immersed3) \"presence\", in turn, is a perceptual illusion in which the user has the impression of \"being there\" in the virtual environment4) for a better terminological stringency, we suggest using the term \"immnersiveness\" to describe the technology and \"immersion\" to indicate the level to which a user feels immersed5) also, we suggest conceptualizing presence as a consequence of immersive technology which is mediated by user factors (demographics, attention, motion sickness etc.)","PeriodicalId":119095,"journal":{"name":"Digital Psychology","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128865049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychotherapy in the Era of Covid-19: Therapists’ Decisions to Return to In-Person, Continue Working Remotely, or Offer a Hybrid Method","authors":"L. Shklarski, A. Abrams, E. Bakst","doi":"10.24989/dp.v3i1.2034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24989/dp.v3i1.2034","url":null,"abstract":"The threat of the Covid-19 virus is ongoing and has significantly affected the provision of mental health services, particularly psychotherapy. This quantitative study offers insight into 212 therapists’ views on whether to return to meeting clients in person by considering (a) therapists’ personal and professional attitudes, (b) safety (specifically related to vaccines and wearing masks), and (c) insurance reimbursement for telemental health (TMH). Results from this study show that participants find TMH to be as effective and as meaningful as in-person therapy and suggest that on a practice level, TMH is not only as effective as in-person psychotherapy but is even more effective than masked in-person therapy. The results also show that the participants would prefer not to provide in-person therapy while wearing masks and would be more inclined to return to seeing clients in the office if both the client and the therapist were fully vaccinated. Moving forward, the participants anticipate providing a combination of remote and in-person therapy while continuing to work from home on some days and in the office on others. More concrete guidelines are needed to ensure the safety of clients and therapists when meeting in person, and policies that reduce ambiguity surrounding insurance companies’ reimbursement of remote services must be developed.","PeriodicalId":119095,"journal":{"name":"Digital Psychology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129060194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“You leave the chat with a different feeling than when you came in”. A Content Analysis about Negative Experiences Following Instant Messaging among Adolescents with and without a History of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury","authors":"Delia Latina, Benjamin Claréus, Brianne L. Gayfer, Polona Sajco, Stephen P. Lewis","doi":"10.24989/dp.v3i1.2045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24989/dp.v3i1.2045","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND: Instant messaging platforms seem to positively contribute to adolescent emotional well-being. However, some scholars show a link between the use of these platforms and negative emotional experiences. These emotions could be perceived as even more overwhelming for certain subgroups of adolescents, such as those who engage in non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), and lead to self-injury to deal with otherwise difficult to handle feelings. \u0000OBJECTIVE: The current study aimed at providing a deeper understanding of what kind of experiences during instant messaging communications are perceived as emotionally upsetting by adolescents with and without NSSI, and which situations could trigger NSSI thoughts or attempts in adolescents with lived experiences. \u0000METHOD: We used content analysis to analyze short interviews conducted with a total of 17 adolescents with and without lived experiences of NSSI. \u0000RESULTS: Our results showed that experience of Involvement in conflicts, and especially Name-calling and insults, triggered negative emotional experiences for most adolescents (76.5%). Interpersonal stressors like Name-calling and insults, Disagreements or arguments, Unwanted contact, Friendship break-up and “Ghosting” were identified as major triggers for NSSI. \u0000CONCLUSION: These findings could be used for the purpose of facilitating future research into mapping negative experiences adolescents have on instant messaging platforms, as well as used as a clinical guide to identify situations related to NSSI thoughts or episodes.","PeriodicalId":119095,"journal":{"name":"Digital Psychology","volume":"76 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134106344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Use of the Telepresence System Avatar AV1 as a Therapeutic Tool for Social Inclusion in a 10-year-old Girl Treated for a Brain Tumor","authors":"Thomas Pletschko, Clarissa Pelzer, Martin Röhsner, Gerda Rockenbauer, Agnes Turner","doi":"10.24989/dp.v3i1.2013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24989/dp.v3i1.2013","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Background: Children with brain tumors are at increased risk for experiencing loneliness, a lack of close friendships, lower academic achievement, and diminished motivation. To counteract these negative effects, telepresence systems and their ability to maintain school and social participation as well as a sense of belonging are recently being discussed as promising approach. Despite the use of these systems throughout many countries, few scientific studies have examined their effects. Objectives: The aim of this article is to illustrate effects of one telepresence system, called avatar, in pediatric patients with chronic illnesses and to analyze possible benefits and challenges. Patients and Methods: In this report, the case of a 10-year-old girl named Sarah, with a brain tumor (medulloblastoma), is described. The girl received the avatar due to her reduced ability to attend school due to her medical condition. At the time of the study, the avatar had been in use for seven months, acting as a therapeutic tool to promote social inclusion and to keep up with school. Qualitative interviews were conducted with Sarah, her mother and her teacher, illustrating the relationship between social and learning aspects of telepresence systems. Originality and Clinical Relevance: The results indicate that the avatar has the potential to act as an essential supportive means for pediatric patients, maintaining social participation, sense of belonging and academic motivation. The novelty of this telepresence system, the lack of studies in this research area and the probable positive influence emphasize the originality and clinical relevance of this case report. \u0000","PeriodicalId":119095,"journal":{"name":"Digital Psychology","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133649580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"#instantmessaging and the Unbearable Distress of Being Online","authors":"O. Kothgassner, A. Felnhofer","doi":"10.24989/dp.v3i1.2164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24989/dp.v3i1.2164","url":null,"abstract":"18 The Use of the Telepresence System Avatar AV1 as a Therapeutic Tool for Social Inclusion in a 10-year-old Girl Treated for a Brain Tumor Thomas Pletschko, Clarissa Pelzer, Martin Röhsner, Gerda Rockenbauer & Agnes Turner 2020; Kothgassner et al., 2021) we need more awareness of this problem and a better understanding of mechanisms behind it to develop sufficient prevention strategies. Particularly, this will be needed during and after the current pandemic where many young individuals only communicated with their peers online (e.g. Humer et al., 2021; Pieh et al., 2021). Furthermore, the ongoing war in Ukraine following the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential for a worldwide economic crisis that will also affect many of the younger generation. Two more contributions in this issue tackle the transformation of social interaction – be it with regards to participation at school or with regards to the therapeutic relationship. We have a case report about the use of an avatar-based telepresence system for a pediatric patient for social participation and maintain school (Pletschko et al., 2022), In recent years, instant messaging has become more and more popular. A broad range of instant messaging services has been integrated in the digital lives of most of us: Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media messaging services grow rapidly and especially young people are using this form of communication extensively. Therefore, it is not surprising that digital media and instant messaging are becoming the paramount communication channel, where interpersonal interaction and interactions of the future generation take place. It is easy to join different groups of peers, built new friendships online and stay in contact easily around the world. This is the optimistic experience, which instant messaging services transport in their advertisements. This is partially correct according to current research, which shows that social media and digital social interactions can be protective and buffer distress or help to recover from acute stress (Johnshoy, et al., 2020; Kothgassner et al., 2019). As such, digital social interaction may offer many benefits and enable many possibilities for the future generation. However, we have to keep in mind that this is also changing the way people experience social distress and social threats. One of these threats is definitely cyberbullying as well as a problematic communication culture which all induce negative affective states and can lead to psychopathology (e.g. Tsai et al., 2019). Especially negative emotions are associated with maladaptive behaviors such as selfharm (Glenn et al., 2011). Lewis and colleagues (2011) warned about possible contagion effects when – especially young – individuals are exposed to material of self-harm or suicide stories on the Internet. This is socially reinforced in social media as Brown and colleagues (2018) found in their research. Many adolescents engage in self-harm or suffer from suici","PeriodicalId":119095,"journal":{"name":"Digital Psychology","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122491757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Attachment Insecurity and Social Media Fear of Missing Out: The Mediating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty","authors":"Yitshak Alfasi","doi":"10.24989/dp.v2i2.1957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24989/dp.v2i2.1957","url":null,"abstract":"Fear of missing out (FoMO) is an apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent. Online social networking sites (SNS) exacerbate FoMO because they frequently expose users to what is happening in other people’s lives, which is typically related to leisure activities, such as trips, vacations, and social events. Consequently, when disconnected from social media, users become plagued by a troublesome sense of missing important and exciting events. Recent research indicates that FoMO is associated with difficulties in interpersonal interactions and social relationships. Accordingly, the current study examined the association between individual differences in attachment patterns and FoMO. Participants (N=264) completed measures of adult attachment patterns, social media fear of missing out, as well as intolerance of uncertainty. Results indicated that high levels of attachment anxiety predict high levels of FoMO, and that this association is partially mediated by intolerance of uncertainty. These findings suggest that anxiously attached individuals may be more vulnerable to FoMO, as a result of their inability to tolerate uncertainty. Hence, stress the need for awareness and treatment when individual develop an excessive dependency on SNS.","PeriodicalId":119095,"journal":{"name":"Digital Psychology","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133411973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Discrepancies between Self-Reports and Behavior: Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), Self-Reported Problematic Smartphone Use Severity, and Objectively Measured Smartphone Use","authors":"Dmitri Rozgonjuk, J. Elhai, Onur Sapci, C. Montag","doi":"10.24989/dp.v2i2.2002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24989/dp.v2i2.2002","url":null,"abstract":"Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) is associated with self-reported problematic smartphone use (PSU) severity, but there is little investigation that includes objectively measured smartphone use. The aim of the current study was to provide insights into this domain. We combined the partially published data from two previous U.S.-based studies with college student samples that tracked smartphone use data with a different focus from the current study. Both data sets included socio-demographic measures, FoMO and PSU scale scores, and data for objectively measured screentime and frequency of screen unlocks over a week, amounting up to more than a thousand observations. FoMO had a strong correlation with self-reported PSU severity; however, FoMO was not associated with objectively measured smartphone use variables. FoMO did not predict behavioral smarthpone use over a week in multilevel modeling for repeated measures. Even though FoMO is a strong predictor of self-reported PSU severity, it does not predict objectively measured smartphone use.","PeriodicalId":119095,"journal":{"name":"Digital Psychology","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127263296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Art and Design Education in Times of COVID-19: Distance Learning and the Importance of Interaction and Empathy","authors":"Ruth Mateus-Berr","doi":"10.24989/dp.v2i2.2016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24989/dp.v2i2.2016","url":null,"abstract":"At the period of worldwide public health emergency of COVID-19, the majority of educational institutions in the world have faced the forced emergency lockdown and migration into the digital, online or virtual learning and teaching environments. Basically, it must be stated up front that digital media and processes have long been part of art instruction, and the maker movement has introduced 3-D printing, especially in design classes. But distance learning presents yet another set of challenges for these subjects.            This article examines how this change has affected the teaching of art and design, looks at two case studies (secondary school and university) and refers to discussions at art education conferences and papers on the post-pandemic challenges of digitization in the arts.","PeriodicalId":119095,"journal":{"name":"Digital Psychology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121350576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Emergency Distance Learning in Austria during COVID-19: Selected Findings and Implications","authors":"E. Pelikan, Katharina Hager, Julia Holzer, Selma Korlat, C. Spiel, Barbara Schober, Marko Lüftenegger","doi":"10.24989/dp.v2i2.2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24989/dp.v2i2.2018","url":null,"abstract":"Highlights:\u0000(1) Adequate preparation (e.g., providing technical equipment, didactical adaptation of teaching materials, fostering digital literacy in students …) is needed for distance learning to succeed.(2) Disadvantaged students need special support to avert a widening of the educational gap between students from different social backgrounds and with different learning abilities.(3) Distance and online learning should be designed to address the satisfaction of basic psychological needs to promote student well-being and positive learning outcomes.","PeriodicalId":119095,"journal":{"name":"Digital Psychology","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131198696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}