Visual stimuli in narrative-based interventions for adult anxiety: a systematic review

Lin-Stephens, Serene

doi:10.1080/10615806.2020.1734575

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“…Images Fig. 2 Sampling and flow of participants of a randomised control trial using the participant flow chart following Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials guidelines (CONSORT) [63] collected from participants in the exposure group were reviewed with an analytical framework of visual stimuli used in narrative interventions for adult anxiety [42].…”

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“…Images are the most common visual objects whose creation and consumption require a low threshold of technology. Used in narrative interventions, they help individuals externalise and disclose thoughts, internalise experiences and desirable behaviours, and rescript the realities they perceive; thus, relieving anxiety [42]. Images may assist narrative preparation by providing visual thinking strategies [16,28] to recall events and details to create thick and rich descriptions.…”

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“…However, virtual immersion experiences are costly exercises with concerns of motion sickness and induced anxiety [9]. Images, in contrast, are highly accessible visual artefacts that can be considered for this study due to their diverse applications in narrative-based interventions and low requirements of intervention incorporation for meaningful changes [42]. Photos, pictures, paintings, and drawings have been used in diverse narrative interventions of exposure therapy [1], identify construction [21], occupational wellbeing [24], psychiatric assessments [40], migrant mental health [56], and self-counselling [73].…”

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Seeing is relieving: effects of serious storytelling with images on interview performance anxiety

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Bulbert

2022

Multimed Tools Appl

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Serious storytelling as a media genre has the potential to accentuate the benefits of narrative interventions in health and education. To inform its application, it is necessary to identify effects of sensory inputs. Here, we focus on visual stimuli and observe their effects on an anxiety condition. We examine whether serious storytelling incorporating images, a type of basic visual stimuli, may reduce interview performance anxiety. In a double-blind randomised control trial, 69 participants with matched levels of anxiety received serious storytelling interview training and were allocated to exposure (image-based preparation) and control (standard preparation) groups. A week later, participants attended individual interviews with two independent interviewers and reported their interview anxiety. Analyses revealed a positive relationship between generalised anxiety and some dimensions of interview anxiety, but serious storytelling with images predicted a reduction in interview performance anxiety (effect size at the median value of covariates on a visual analogue scale with the range 0–100: -36.7, 95% CI [−54.7, −2.5]). Low participation burden in the brief intervention was confirmed through a deductive thematic analysis. The images were analysed based on format type and origin to inform further inquiries. This study yielded empirical findings with implications of media and technology development for serious storytelling. Seeing images of experiences during interview preparation was associated with a relief of interviewees’ anxiety towards interview performance, but further studies are necessary to consolidate the evidence for visual narrative applications in health and education.

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Seeing is relieving: effects of serious storytelling with images on interview performance anxiety

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2022

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“…According to the most recent NHS survey [ 20 ] there has been a 20% increase in clinical anxiety since 1993, now affecting 18.9% of the population in England. Whilst there are a number of different treatments available for anxiety, they are not always effective for everyone [ 18 ] and alternative non-clinical forms of treatment are increasing in popularity [ 21 ]. A recent meta-analysis provides substantial empirical evidence for positive effects of mindfulness meditation in the reduction of symptoms of anxiety [ 22 ], and emerging literature suggests that ASMR may be mindfully induced [ 2 , 9 , 23 ].…”

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Untangling the tingle: Investigating the association between the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR), neuroticism, and trait & state anxiety

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The Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is an intensely pleasant tingling sensation originating in the scalp and neck and is elicited by a range of online video-induced triggers. Many individuals now regularly watch ASMR videos to relax, and alleviate symptoms of stress and insomnia, all which are indicative of elevated levels of anxiety. Emerging literature suggests that ASMR-capable individuals are characterised by high trait neuroticism, which is associated with a tendency to experience negative emotional states such as anxiety. To date however no literature has empirically linked these personality constructs and watching ASMR videos on the effect of reducing anxiety. In the current study, 36 ASMR-experiencers and 28 non-experiencers watched an ASMR video, and completed assessments of neuroticism, trait anxiety, and pre- / post-video state anxiety. MANCOVA with Group as the independent measures factor showed that ASMR-experiencers had significantly greater scores for neuroticism, trait anxiety, and video engagement than non-experiencers. Pre-video state anxiety was also significantly greater in the ASMR-experiencers and was significantly attenuated on exposure to the ASMR video, whereas non-experiencers reported no difference in state anxiety pre- and post-video. Thus, watching ASMR alleviated state anxiety but only in those who experienced ASMR. Subsequent mediation analyses identified the importance of pre-existing group differences in neuroticism, trait and (pre-video) state anxiety in accounting for the group difference in the reduction of state anxiety. The mediation analysis further lends support for watching ASMR videos as an intervention for the reduction of acute state anxiety. Future areas for research are discussed.

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“…According to the most recent NHS survey [20] there has been a 20% increase in clinical anxiety since 1993, now affecting 18.9% of the population in England. Whilst there are a number of different treatments available for anxiety, they are not always effective for everyone [18] and alternative nonclinical forms of treatment are increasing in popularity [21]. A recent meta-analysis provides substantial empirical evidence for positive effects of mindfulness meditation in the reduction of symptoms of anxiety [22], and emerging literature suggests that ASMR may be mindfully induced [2,9,23].…”

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Visual stimuli in narrative-based interventions for adult anxiety: a systematic review

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Seeing is relieving: effects of serious storytelling with images on interview performance anxiety

Seeing is relieving: effects of serious storytelling with images on interview performance anxiety

Untangling the tingle: Investigating the association between the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR), neuroticism, and trait & state anxiety

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