About this Research Topic
Trauma (e.g., social and environmental changes, collective traumatic events, stressful life events) may have short-term and long-term influences on individual behaviors and well-being. With the popularity of computer and smartphone use, technology use may play an increasingly important role in coping with trauma and related stress. However, the role of technology use in individual behaviors and well-being may be complex. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic and the relevant control measures (e.g., lockdown, quarantine, social distancing, and home confinement) have greatly increased usage of social media and online gaming, as digital technology enables people to stay connected and facilitates telemedicine utilization in this particular period. However, prolonged use and traumatic stress may intensify problem technology use (PTU), such as Internet gaming disorder (IGD), social media addiction (SMA), smartphone addiction (SPA), and Internet addiction (IA).
This Research Topic aims to curate a collection of papers that are representative of current trends and advances in thinking about and investigating the complex role of technology use in individual behaviors, lifestyles, behavioral health, mental health, quality of life, and well-being in traumatic events. We aim to showcase contemporary ideas and rigorous empirical studies as means to inform broader thinking and promote insightful discussions regarding these issues.
We are especially interested in papers that:
• Adopt multilevel perspectives on the role of technology use in health outcomes, lifestyles, quality of life, and well-being during trauma.
• Theorize and test mediators/moderators of relationships between technology use and health outcomes.
• Consider reciprocal influences between technology use and health outcomes.
• Understand the prevalence of PTU and estimate related health care needs due to traumatic events.
• Understand factors and consequences of PTU
• Explore effective interventions for PTU and healthy technology use
• Assume different definitions, conceptualizations, and operationalizations of PTU
We will consider various types of submissions including (mini-) reviews, conceptual papers, opinion pieces, and methodological articles, while we are particularly interested in empirical studies that advance our understanding of these issues.
Likewise, we encourage authors to engage various methodologies, especially quantitative/mixed methodologies, longitudinal/panel studies, meta-analysis, evaluations of interventions, laboratory/field experiments, ecological momentary assessments/experience sampling designs, and experimental vignette studies.
We also encourage the re-analysis of publicly available datasets and urge conceptual and constructive replications.
We encourage the submission of studies with high statistical power and will consider null findings of studies with demonstrably adequate statistical power and appropriate study design features.
This Research Topic aims to curate a collection of papers that are representative of current trends and advances in thinking about and investigating the complex role of technology use in individual behaviors, lifestyles, behavioral health, mental health, quality of life, and well-being in traumatic events. We aim to showcase contemporary ideas and rigorous empirical studies as means to inform broader thinking and promote insightful discussions regarding these issues.
We are especially interested in papers that:
• Adopt multilevel perspectives on the role of technology use in health outcomes, lifestyles, quality of life, and well-being during trauma.
• Theorize and test mediators/moderators of relationships between technology use and health outcomes.
• Consider reciprocal influences between technology use and health outcomes.
• Understand the prevalence of PTU and estimate related health care needs due to traumatic events.
• Understand factors and consequences of PTU
• Explore effective interventions for PTU and healthy technology use
• Assume different definitions, conceptualizations, and operationalizations of PTU
We will consider various types of submissions including (mini-) reviews, conceptual papers, opinion pieces, and methodological articles, while we are particularly interested in empirical studies that advance our understanding of these issues.
Likewise, we encourage authors to engage various methodologies, especially quantitative/mixed methodologies, longitudinal/panel studies, meta-analysis, evaluations of interventions, laboratory/field experiments, ecological momentary assessments/experience sampling designs, and experimental vignette studies.
We also encourage the re-analysis of publicly available datasets and urge conceptual and constructive replications.
We encourage the submission of studies with high statistical power and will consider null findings of studies with demonstrably adequate statistical power and appropriate study design features.
Keywords: internet gaming disorder, social media addiction, smart phone addiction, internet addiction, technology use, problem technology use, lifestyle, trauma, stress, coping
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