A5031251030- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Mind wandering and attention
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Media Influence and Health
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Noise Effects and Management
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Infant Health and Development
- Cultural Differences and Values
National University of Singapore
2022-2025
Singapore Management University
2020-2024
The pervasiveness of anxiety has been increasing progressively over the years, becoming one most critical concerns among colleges and universities. With implications extending towards poorer academic performance overall student mental health, there is an urgent need to address this growing concern. As such, we conducted umbrella review systematic reviews meta-analyses summarize data in literature on prevalence college university students. Moreover, also considered impact COVID-19 pandemic...
The negative consequences of smartphone usage have seen frequent discourse in popular media. While existing studies seek to resolve these debates relation executive functions, findings are still limited and mixed. This is partly due the lack conceptual clarity about usage, use self-reported measures, problems related task impurity. Addressing limitations, current study utilizes a latent variable approach examine various types including objectively measured data-logged screen time...
While smartphones have brought many benefits and conveniences to users, there is continuing debate regarding their potential negative consequences on everyday cognition such as daily cognitive failures. A few cross-sectional studies found positive associations between smartphone use However, several research gaps remain, the of designs, confounds related stable individual differences, lack validity in self-report measures use, memory biases retrospective self-reports, differentiation...
Built nature spaces have been increasingly integrated into our urban environments in recent years with the aim of reaping their psychological benefits. However, despite numerous works research on relationship between exposure and well-being, most studies looked benefits well-being from lens isolated elements nature, such as natural scenery or animal exposure. This study aims to fill gaps by examining additive multiplicative relationships human–animal interaction affective (i.e., positive...
Anxiety disorders, one of the most common classes psychological have been shown to result in a decreased quality life. Although some research suggests that anxiety disorders are linked impairments executive functioning, inconsistency current literature yields an unclear conclusion on relationship between two. The meta-analysis systematically investigated 55 records (N = 4601; kReactionTime 44, kAccuracy 79) compared various groups with healthy controls function tasks. Overall, our showed...
As smartphones have become portable and immersive devices that afford social, informational, recreational conveniences unbounded by physical restrictions, most daily activities closely intertwined with the presence of smartphones.This constant in activities, however, may be concerning as some studies suggested smartphones-even their mere presence-can distracting can impair cognitive outcomes.However, such findings not been consistently observed.To reconcile mixed findings, current...
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have made significant strides in generating human-like conversations. With AI's expanding capabilities mimicking human interactions, its affordability and accessibility underscore the potential of AI to facilitate negative emotional disclosure or venting. The study's primary objective is highlight benefits AI-assisted venting by comparing effectiveness through a traditional journaling platform reducing affect increasing perceived social...
With the abundance of social media content that promotes unrealistic beauty standards, there are growing concerns about potential negative impact use on body image satisfaction. While some studies highlight associations, others present null effects, pointing to methodological limitations like biased and unreliable self-reported screen time measures a focus singular platforms. Addressing these gaps, our study employed daily diary method objectively measure across six major platforms (...
With modern societies becoming ever-increasingly interconnected due to technology and media, we have gained unprecedented access exposure other people’s lives. This has resulted in a greater desire constantly be socially connected with the activities of others, or fear missing out (FoMO). While much present available research established association between FoMO diminished emotional well-being, little been done identify protective factors that can help one cope negative psychological...