Technology and Psychological Well-being

Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Figures......Page 11
Tables......Page 12
Contributors......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 15
Introduction......Page 17
References......Page 24
1 Communication technology and psychological well-being: Yin, Yang, and the golden mean of media effects......Page 25
Approaches to communication technology and psychological well-being......Page 26
Historical perspective......Page 28
Historic changes in the concept of the individual......Page 29
Historical development of communication technologies......Page 30
Communication and mental health......Page 37
Early research......Page 38
Contemporary research......Page 40
Conclusion......Page 44
References......Page 46
2 Internet and well-being......Page 50
Greater anonymity......Page 51
Diminution of the importance of physical appearance......Page 52
Finding similar others......Page 53
The Internet as a tool to reveal the “real me”......Page 54
Reframing and experiencing identity......Page 55
The personal effects of the Internet at different life stages......Page 56
Well-being and interpersonal interactions in cyberspace......Page 59
Interpersonal relationships......Page 60
Improving the patient–physician relationship......Page 64
Well-being and cyberspace groups......Page 67
Support groups and therapy groups......Page 68
Online contact between rival groups......Page 70
Religious groups on the net......Page 72
Solving the conflict between belonging to a group and individuality......Page 73
Some concluding ideas......Page 74
Well-being on a wider scale......Page 75
Enhancing Internet abilities......Page 76
Revolution or evolution?......Page 93
Information in its Western historical context......Page 94
What does “information” mean?......Page 106
Innovation and human well-being......Page 114
References......Page 120
4 Work-related technological change and psychological well-being......Page 122
Overview of the benefits of ICT......Page 124
Influence of ICT in the workplace......Page 125
ICT and boundaries between work and personal life......Page 128
End-user reactions to technology......Page 130
Anxiety and depression......Page 131
Frustration......Page 133
Attributions......Page 135
Technological self-efficacy......Page 137
Individual coping and organizational strategies......Page 138
Conclusion and practical recommendations......Page 141
References......Page 142
Trends in ergonomics......Page 147
The current millennium......Page 152
The hierarchy of needs metaphor......Page 154
From functional usability to hedonomic fulfillment......Page 156
Individuation......Page 157
Aesthetics and etiquette......Page 158
Conclusion......Page 159
References......Page 160
6 “Good teleworking”: under what conditions does teleworking enhance employees’ well-being?......Page 164
Theoretical background......Page 165
Variation in the nature of flexibility: implications for work and family outcomes......Page 167
Implications of boundary-management strategy......Page 171
Participants and procedure......Page 172
Results......Page 175
Discussion: challenging the myth that teleworking necessarily enhances work–family balance......Page 178
Teleworking changes family and friends’ expectations......Page 179
Teleworking may lead to overwork......Page 181
Theoretical and future research implications......Page 182
Study limitations and practical implications......Page 184
Conclusion......Page 185
References......Page 186
7 Commuting and well-being......Page 190
Some historical background......Page 192
Stress, driving, and commuting......Page 195
Conceptualizing commuting stress......Page 196
Adverse impacts of commuting stress: additional moderators......Page 201
Driver stress, violations, and accidents......Page 204
Environmental conditions affecting driver stress and coping......Page 206
Commuting as enhancement to well-being......Page 209
Telecommuting and well-being......Page 210
Adaptation: an overarching concept......Page 213
References......Page 214
Relevant constructs......Page 222
Conceptual framework......Page 223
Assistive Technology Devices for mobility......Page 224
The impact of ATDs......Page 226
Health conditions and mobility ATDs......Page 228
Aging and mobility ATDs......Page 229
Assistive technology for low vision and blindness......Page 230
Conclusions and recommendations......Page 236
References......Page 237
9 Mothers of invention? The myth-breaking history and planetary promise of women’s key roles in subsistence technology......Page 243
Female chimps and bonobos and subsistence technology......Page 245
Foraging: our longest, most egalitarian techno-economic base......Page 246
Women, men, and technology in horticultural societies......Page 249
Bad times in the average agrarian group and why the average is misleading......Page 255
A few relevant hypotheses from my gender stratification theory......Page 258
Industrial societies: toward a historic reversal for women?......Page 261
Women and the new techno-economic base of knowledge and life......Page 264
Conclusions......Page 267
References......Page 270
10 Technology and well-being: designing the future......Page 276
Leadership or lack of it......Page 277
Our societys values......Page 278
Colliding with the rocks......Page 281
Recognizing the lighthouse......Page 282
The captain or the leadership story......Page 285
Utilizing the lighthouse......Page 286
Last word......Page 290
References......Page 291
Index......Page 295