Browsing to Breathe: Social Media for Stress Reduction

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dc.contributor.authorCoates, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorSykora, Martin
dc.contributor.authorJackson, Tom
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-03T00:24:34Z
dc.date.available2019-01-03T00:24:34Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-08
dc.description.abstractIn a pressurized world, it is important that research continually works towards discovering new ways to improve the mental and physical wellness of society. Traditional approaches for measuring stress have been vastly explored, however rising concerns for chronic stress calls for new methodologies to sense stress on Social Media, which, as a tool, could provide valuable insight into wellness. Over a period of two-weeks, a rigorous mixed methods approach (daily surveys, Social Media data collection and post-study interviews) aided the discovery that Social Media, particularly browsing, can improve the wellness of placement students, as it helped them to cope with stress. The adoption of an established coping survey for stress helped in the identification of behavioral differences between participants. This paper explores the positive impact that Social Media can have on stress and highlights the potential of digital coping mechanisms.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2019.510
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-2-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/59860
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectPersonal Health and Wellness Management with Technologies
dc.subjectInformation Technology in Healthcare
dc.subjectBrowsing, Coping, Social Media, Stress, Wellness
dc.titleBrowsing to Breathe: Social Media for Stress Reduction
dc.typeConference Paper
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