Developing Strategies to Reduce Stress and Promote Health and Wellbeing in Technology Use in Both Learning and Work Environments
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 76
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cognitive processes; metacognition; emotional intelligence; self-regulation; learning processes; e-learning; new technologies; cyberbullying; smartphone overuse; technostress; digital grey divide
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are organizing a Special Issue of IJERPH to bring together interdisciplinary perspectives on developing and implementing strategies to reduce stress in technology use in different learning and work contexts. IJERPH is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area overlapping environmental health sciences and public health.
In recent years, there has been a huge expansion of new digital tools in daily life and in learning and work contexts. While many studies have highlighted the potential positive impacts of digital tools and innovative technologies, numerous studies have also shown that a high level of use, and, often, compulsory use, can lead to stress, negatively affecting health and wellbeing. As technologies become an ever greater part of our lives, it is necessary to identify strategies that promote their healthy use, preventing discomfort and harnessing their advantages in both learning and work environments, without inducing stress.
This Special Issue is open to any subject area related to technostress, solutions, and best practices for the healthy use of technologies in learning and work environments. This Special Issue will explore innovative programs and strategies aiming to reduce stress and promote health and wellbeing, fostering more supportive technology-driven environments in both educational and professional settings. The listed keywords suggest just a few of the many possibilities for topics.
Dr. Maria Lidia Mascia
Dr. Diego Bellini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- new technologies
- wellbeing
- health
- technostress
- best practices and strategies
- learning and work environments
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