[HTML][HTML] Future of mental health in the metaverse

SS Usmani, M Sharath, M Mehendale - General Psychiatry, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The metaverse and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were some of the hottest tech terms in 2021,
according to a Google Trends search. Our review aims to describe the metaverse and NFTs …

The Metaverse: A new digital frontier for consumer behavior

R Hadi, S Melumad, ES Park - Journal of Consumer Psychology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This work offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the Metaverse, focusing on its potential
implications for consumer behavior. We begin by proposing a conceptualization of the …

Chatbot as an emergency exist: Mediated empathy for resilience via human-AI interaction during the COVID-19 pandemic

Q Jiang, Y Zhang, W Pian - Information processing & management, 2022 - Elsevier
As a global health crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic has also made heavy mental and
emotional tolls become shared experiences of global communities, especially among …

[HTML][HTML] Migration to the metaverse and its predictors: Attachment to virtual places and metaverse-related threat

T Oleksy, A Wnuk, M Piskorska - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
The most ambitious visions of metaverse technology promise to create virtual places that
offer the same possibilities as the real world. However, as any novel technology, the …

Attachment to real-world places and willingness to migrate to metaverse virtual worlds

T Oleksy, A Wnuk, I Lassota - Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2023 - Elsevier
People are increasingly spending time in virtual places. In the future, the opportunities
offered by digital worlds may provide an additional incentive for virtual migration, which may …

Transforming health through the metaverse

CS Qiu, A Majeed, S Khan… - Journal of the Royal …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
A real change is on the horizon. In October 2021, Facebook announced that it would
rebrand itself as 'Meta', and this generated high levels of public interest in the metaverse for …

Animal crossing and COVID-19: A qualitative study examining how video games satisfy basic psychological needs during the pandemic

AZH Yee, JRH Sng - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way many people live their lives. The increasing
amount of time spent indoors and isolated during periods of lockdown has been …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of extended reality digital therapy for enhancing mental health among South Korean adolescents and young adults

S Lee, J Yoon, Y Cho, JS Chun - Journal of the Korean Academy of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Digital therapy using extended reality (XR) holds great promise for addressing the mental
health needs of adolescents and young adults. This study addresses a notable research gap …

The bold decision to go “all in”: Understanding the reasons behind consumers' willingness to migrate to the metaverse

A Kumar, A Shankar - Psychology & Marketing, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The study explores the reasons that drive and hinder consumers' willingness to migrate to
the metaverse. To determine them, a mixed‐methods approach is used: phase 1 …

Quantified multidimensional public sentiment characteristics on social media for public opinion management: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic

N Ma, G Yu, X Jin, X Zhu - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Public sentiments arising from public opinion communication pose a serious
psychological risk to public and interfere the communication of nonpharmacological …