Searching for Affective and Cognitive Restoration: Examining the Restorative Effects of Casual Video Game Play

Rupp, Michael A.; Sweetman, Richard; Sosa, Alejandra E.; Smither, Janan A.; McConnell, Daniel S.

doi:10.1177/0018720817715360

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“…Most studies used a randomized-controlled research design 16,19,[22][23][24] to investigate the effects of CVGs on anxiety, depression, stress, or mood symptoms. Fish et al 25 employed a quasi-experimental design with participants who had been diagnosed with clinical depression.…”

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“…All studies that examined mood and stress noted significant improvements when compared with a passive break, surfing the web, or a relaxation activity. 16,27,32 Both studies that examined the effects of a CVG for reducing depressive symptoms found improvements in their outcome variables. 26,28…”

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“…Emerging research suggests that some people play CVGs to relieve stress and improve their mood. 11,16 In an online survey of 833 users of online CVGs, participants were asked to answer questions focused on recovery experiences and playing games at work. Reinecke 17 reported that participants who play casual games noted a considerable increase in recovery experience from playing games, and those participants who reported higher levels of work-related fatigue displayed an increase in motivation to play games during work hours.…”

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The Effects of Casual Videogames on Anxiety, Depression, Stress, and Low Mood: A Systematic Review

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Fleming

McCallum

et al. 2020

Games for Health Journal

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Background: Despite the variety of available treatments for mental health symptoms, many individuals do not engage with treatment and among those who do, dropout rates are often high. Therefore, providing alternative opportunities to access treatment is imperative. Research interest in the therapeutic effects of digital mental health initiatives and serious games has grown in recent years, but the potential of simple, easy-to-use casual videogames (CVGs) that can be played in short bursts of time has seldom been considered. Objective: The objective of the present study is to provide a systematic review of the literature examining the effects of CVGs on treating anxiety, depression, stress, and low mood. Method: A systematic search was conducted, using the terms (casual gam* or casual videogam* or mini gam* or minigam* or mini-gam* or gamif*) and (mental health or anx* or depress* or stress or mood) and (study or trial or treatment or prescribed or prevention) as ''Title,'' ''Abstracts,'' ''Keywords,'' or ''Topic'' words across all years. A Google search was also completed to check for articles that may have been missed. Results: N = 13 studies met inclusion criteria (no studies were added via the Google search). These studies reported findings for nine different CVGs, with six studies aimed at reducing anxiety, two examining effects for depression, and four investigating the effects of CVGs on treating stress or low mood. Promising effects were identified. Conclusion: CVGs may have promise for treating anxiety, depression, stress, and low mood.

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“…This finding is supported by studies that show that the use of video games helps decrease stress in work environments. [41]…”

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Examining stress and coping: Program improvements of pre-licensure nursing students

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Kim

Osipowicz

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JNEP

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In a pre-licensure program, an unexpected number of episodes of student distress occurred during clinical training (resulting in emergency department visits and health-related absenteeism) in the first semester. To understand the underlying reasons for these episodes, investigators retrospectively explored how these students perceived and approached the stresses associated prior to and after their first semester work (as a part of program to improve performance and student well-being). Program innovations were employed, and student distress has dramatically decreased.

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“…14 In addition to long-term decrements in physical health, more immediate impact occurs on job performance, 15 some of these via cognitive effects. 16 Consequently, offering strategies to reduce workplace stressors and/or help anesthesia providers maintain effective performance when under stress is an important area for patient safety. An obese patient's oxygen saturation (sat) falls slowly to 90% during robotic prostatectomy in steep Trendelenburg position.…”

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Human Factors Applied to Perioperative Process Improvement

Keebler

Lazzara

Blickensderfer

et al. 2018

Anesthesiology Clinics

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This article discusses some of the major theories of the science of human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) in relation to perioperative medicine, with a focus on safety and errors within these systems. The discussion begins with human limitations based in cognition, decision making, stress, and fatigue. Given these limitations, the importance of measuring human performance is discussed. Finally, using the HF/E perspective on safety, high-level recommendations are provided for increasing safety within the perioperative environment.

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Searching for Affective and Cognitive Restoration: Examining the Restorative Effects of Casual Video Game Play

Abstract: Many activities in life require sustained cognitive demand, which are stressful and decrease performance, especially for workers in performance-critical domains. Our research suggests some leisure activities are better than others for restoring fatigued affective processes.

Cited by 28 publications

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The Effects of Casual Videogames on Anxiety, Depression, Stress, and Low Mood: A Systematic Review

The Effects of Casual Videogames on Anxiety, Depression, Stress, and Low Mood: A Systematic Review

Examining stress and coping: Program improvements of pre-licensure nursing students

Human Factors Applied to Perioperative Process Improvement

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