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Perception of Mobile Mental Health Apps: Examining the Functionality and Perception of Mental Health Apps
Get PDFAwareness of the importance of mental health is growing rapidly in modern society; however, the rates of depression, anxiety, and stress have also grown exponentially. In recent years, there have been tremendous strides in mental health apps on mobile devices; yet, very little research has been done to determine if mobile apps could help the general population decrease mental health issues. Considering new health-related devices, most of the recent developments concern symptoms relating to physical exercise. Devices targeting proper mental health care are not nearly as well known. This honors senior project reviews the findings of recent empirical studies as well as review the user-reviews of specified mental health apps. An experimental study was also conducted on people’s perception of mental health apps being used as a primary form of treatment for people who may suffer from minor mental health issues. This paper (1) collectively evaluates and compares the perception of mental health apps and (2) overviews the effects of using mental health mobile apps as a way to decrease stress, depression and anxiety symptoms to improve mental well being
2020-01-29 (Western Howl)
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2020-06-03 (Western Howl)
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2020-05-27 (Western Howl)
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2020-11-24 (Western Howl)
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Making the Dream Work: Teaming Intimacy for Interpreters in Freelance Settings
Get PDFIntimacy is a quality of a relationship, and includes trust, open self-disclosure, emotional closeness, and reciprocity (Timmerman, 1991). It is measurable only by the perceptions of members of the relationship. This concept, considered in terms of the Choice-Constraint Approach to Studying Similarity in Intimacy (Mollenhorst, Völurker, & Flap, 2008), has important implications for teaming freelance interpreters who must work together. Intimacy has also been linked to self-efficacy and sense of community theories, which are used as frameworks in this paper. The goal of this research is to identify perceptions which impact teaming intimacy and discuss the importance of intimacy for teaming freelance interpreters.
Data was collected on my perceptions of intimacy, using a Likert scale to gauge personal trust, professional trust, open self-disclosure, emotional closeness, and reciprocity, based on Timmerman’s (1991) concept of intimacy. My own perceptions about basic, general characteristics about teams was also noted and journal entries collected post-job were analyzed to look for patterns of emotion-based words and whether those related to teaming intimacy
Developing Sophisticated Reasoning Through Experiential Cognitive Dissonance
Get PDFIn Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, equilibration promotes increasingly complex forms of thought. When children encounter new events that they can interpret and respond to using either actions or thoughts (schemes), they experience equilibrium. Children assess schemes as they learn from experiences, modifying and forming new schemes through the process of assimilation and accommodation. Assimilation is when children can respond to and possibly interpret events in a way that is consistent with existing schemes, while accommodation requires modification or the formation of a new scheme (Ormrod, 2016). As children age, they increasingly meet situations in which their current knowledge is inadequate, causing a state of disequilibrium, or cognitive conflict. Children who are able to resolve this mental disharmony and move from disequilibrium to equilibrium, develop more advanced levels of reasoning (Ormrod, 2016).
In the current study, we aimed to design a lesson plan with such a cognitive-developmental perspective to equip eleventh graders with proper mental tools for effective equilibration in class and throughout their lives. By crafting a controlled state of cognitive dissonance, tempered with humor to balance the potentially heavy cognitive load, students learn to recognize and constructively respond to the psychological phenomenon of disequilibrium. Practicing this evaluation of individual cognitive dissonance during the critical-thinking exercises prepares students in consciously processing assimilation and accommodation; specifically, in regards to how their knowledge could be narrow, flawed, or improved upon. Students identify how cognitive dissonance can hinder communication, debate, research, and understanding of complex topics or diverse perspectives when handled inappropriately
