愿意和不愿意的数字赛博格组合:大学生谈论心理健康应用程序
Ryan Van Der Poll1, Bronwyne Coetzee1, Jason Bantjes2,3
1Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Digital health
|November 2, 2023
概括
学生将心理健康移动应用程序 (APP) 视为管理其福祉的可访问工具,为传统服务提供了替代方案. 然而,他们也对应用程序的合法性和数据隐私表示怀疑,强调了与数字健康解决方案的复杂关系.
科学领域:
- 数字健康数字健康
- 心理健康技术 心理健康技术
- 学生福利 学生福利
背景情况:
- 传统的心理健康服务 (校园诊所,心理治疗) 被学生认为是难以接近的,令人焦虑的,并与严重的疾病有关.
- 患有精神疾病的学生经常面临失去控制,脆弱和孤立的感觉.
研究的目的:
- 探索学生对心理健康移动应用程序 (APP) 的看法.
- 了解学生如何看待应用程序在管理他们的心理健康中的作用.
- 调查学生对数字心理健康干预措施的态度.
主要方法:
- 对51名自我认同有心理健康问题的学生进行了焦点小组采访.
- 使用感应性主题内容分析来分析定性数据.
主要成果:
- 学生认为心理健康应用程序是非正式的,可访问的,并邀请传统服务的替代品,提供一种控制和匿名的感觉.
- 参与者对使用应用程序用于技能发展和自我管理表示乐观,但也对技术信任,数据隐私和应用程序合法性表示担忧.
- 学生们展示了一个细微的观点,理想化技术的潜力,同时保持怀疑和呼吁监管,反映复杂的数字身份.
结论:
- 学生对心理健康应用程序的矛盾反映了技术爱好和技术恐惧症之间的平衡,承认潜在的好处,同时质疑用户能力和企业动机.
- 学生与数字心理健康工具作为"数字赛博格"进行互动,将技术整合到他们的自我护理实践中,同时在自我帮助和新自由主义的更广泛的社会话语中进行导航.
- 这些发现强调了需要透明,受监管和伦理设计的心理健康应用程序,以解决学生对信任和有效性的担忧.
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