About this Research Topic
In recent times, the dependence on social media has greatly increased among adults. Recent reports suggest that this increased dependence on social media is a key source of cyberattacks and cyberbullying, leading to several mental and psychological problems. In the digital age, cyberattacks pose a frequent and severe hazard, particularly for adults who use online platforms for communication, learning, and pleasure. Such attacks can cause reputational harm, financial loss, identity theft, and psychological distress for individuals and organizations. Students at universities and adults working in organizations may experience worry, depression, stress, low self-esteem, and decreased motivation due to these adverse effects, which can also impact their performance. Cyberattacks can disrupt students' ability to access online resources, turn in assignments, take tests, and collaborate with peers. These interruptions may result in students receiving lower grades, missing deadlines, receiving academic sanctions, and experiencing a lower level of life satisfaction.
For individuals who have experienced negative consequences on their performance and mental health due to cyberattacks, practicing mindfulness can be beneficial. Being mindful means being aware of and accepting one's current sensations, thoughts, and emotions without passing judgment or reacting negatively. Resilience is the capacity to overcome hardship and sustain or recover wellness. Mindfulness can help with this. Additionally, mindfulness can boost psychological flexibility, self-compassion, and pleasant feelings while decreasing stress, anxiety, and sadness. Moreover, mindfulness can enhance academic achievement and life satisfaction by improving focus, memory, creativity, problem-solving skills, and self-control.
Gaining a comprehensive understanding of how mindfulness and other factors, including resilience, influence the connection between cyberattacks and adults' mental health, performance, and life satisfaction is crucial. Additionally, it is vital to explore how mindfulness-based interventions can help individuals who have experienced cyberattacks in attaining improved outcomes.
This special issue invites empirical research from various fields on these topics, covering not only the student's perspective but also the organizational perspective. The topics of interest for submissions include, but are not limited to:
• Increased dependence on social media: Acknowledging the growing reliance on social media among adults and highlighting its potential negative consequences.
• Cyberattacks and cyberbullying: Recognizing cyberattacks and cyberbullying as significant issues affecting individuals and organizations in the digital age.
• Mental and psychological problems: Emphasizing the impact of increased dependence on social media, including mental and psychological issues such as worry, depression, stress, and low self-esteem.
• Performance and academic impact: Understanding how cyberattacks disrupt individuals' performance, affecting their access to online resources, assignment submissions, test participation, and collaboration with peers. Exploring the potential consequences like lower grades, missed deadlines, academic sanctions, and decreased life satisfaction.
• Mindfulness as a coping mechanism: Highlighting the potential benefits of practicing mindfulness to help individuals cope with the adverse effects of cyberattacks. This includes enhancing psychological flexibility, self-compassion, reducing stress, and improving focus, memory, creativity, problem-solving skills, and self-control.
• Resilience: Recognizing the importance of resilience in overcoming the challenges posed by cyberattacks and sustaining or recovering mental well-being.
• Mindfulness-based interventions: Investigating the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions in mitigating the negative effects of cyberattacks and improving individuals' outcomes after experiencing such attacks.
• Multi-perspective approach: Encouraging submissions from both the student's perspective and the organizational perspective, emphasizing the need to understand the impact of cyberattacks on individuals in different contexts.
In conclusion, this call for papers aims to investigate the relationship between cyberattacks, mental health, performance, and life satisfaction among adults. It also explores the potential of mindfulness and resilience as strategies to combat the adverse effects of cyberattacks.
For individuals who have experienced negative consequences on their performance and mental health due to cyberattacks, practicing mindfulness can be beneficial. Being mindful means being aware of and accepting one's current sensations, thoughts, and emotions without passing judgment or reacting negatively. Resilience is the capacity to overcome hardship and sustain or recover wellness. Mindfulness can help with this. Additionally, mindfulness can boost psychological flexibility, self-compassion, and pleasant feelings while decreasing stress, anxiety, and sadness. Moreover, mindfulness can enhance academic achievement and life satisfaction by improving focus, memory, creativity, problem-solving skills, and self-control.
Gaining a comprehensive understanding of how mindfulness and other factors, including resilience, influence the connection between cyberattacks and adults' mental health, performance, and life satisfaction is crucial. Additionally, it is vital to explore how mindfulness-based interventions can help individuals who have experienced cyberattacks in attaining improved outcomes.
This special issue invites empirical research from various fields on these topics, covering not only the student's perspective but also the organizational perspective. The topics of interest for submissions include, but are not limited to:
• Increased dependence on social media: Acknowledging the growing reliance on social media among adults and highlighting its potential negative consequences.
• Cyberattacks and cyberbullying: Recognizing cyberattacks and cyberbullying as significant issues affecting individuals and organizations in the digital age.
• Mental and psychological problems: Emphasizing the impact of increased dependence on social media, including mental and psychological issues such as worry, depression, stress, and low self-esteem.
• Performance and academic impact: Understanding how cyberattacks disrupt individuals' performance, affecting their access to online resources, assignment submissions, test participation, and collaboration with peers. Exploring the potential consequences like lower grades, missed deadlines, academic sanctions, and decreased life satisfaction.
• Mindfulness as a coping mechanism: Highlighting the potential benefits of practicing mindfulness to help individuals cope with the adverse effects of cyberattacks. This includes enhancing psychological flexibility, self-compassion, reducing stress, and improving focus, memory, creativity, problem-solving skills, and self-control.
• Resilience: Recognizing the importance of resilience in overcoming the challenges posed by cyberattacks and sustaining or recovering mental well-being.
• Mindfulness-based interventions: Investigating the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions in mitigating the negative effects of cyberattacks and improving individuals' outcomes after experiencing such attacks.
• Multi-perspective approach: Encouraging submissions from both the student's perspective and the organizational perspective, emphasizing the need to understand the impact of cyberattacks on individuals in different contexts.
In conclusion, this call for papers aims to investigate the relationship between cyberattacks, mental health, performance, and life satisfaction among adults. It also explores the potential of mindfulness and resilience as strategies to combat the adverse effects of cyberattacks.
Keywords: mental health, mindfulness, cyberattacks, performance, resilience, social media, students, employees
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