Governmentality, Playbor, and Peak Performance

2021 ◽  
pp. 186-210
Author(s):  
Nicholas David Bowman ◽  
Megan Condis
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Peak Performance ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Game Elements ◽  
Mental And Physical Health ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Health Applications

Gamification—the use of video game elements in non-gaming environments—is an effective and lucrative method of compelling individuals to engage with behaviors normally found aversive or uninteresting. Gamified applications are found in myriad areas, from education and social justice to health and wellness. A preponderance of evidence suggests that gamified health applications can have a positive effect on mental and physical health, but these benefits are often not balanced against the unanticipated or unknown consequences to individuals that come with coercing or “governing” players towards activities that might not be for the players' benefit. The chapter describes and explains gamification, discusses various health and wellness gamification programs, and then highlights existing and speculates on potential exploitative interactions stemming from uncritical engagement with health and wellness gamification. This critique is offered through Foucault's lens of “governmentality.”

The First, First Responder

2020 ◽  
pp. 63-85
Author(s):  
Michelle M. Lilly ◽  
Zena Dadouch ◽  
Diana A. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
First Responder ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Emergency Responders ◽  
Physical Health Problems ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Research on the health and wellness of emergency responders has continued to grow over the past two decades, demonstrating the profound impact of duty-related exposure to stress and trauma on responders' physical and mental health. The majority of this important literature has been conducted with field responders, including police officers and firefighters. As the first, first responder, the health and wellness of 9-1-1 telecommunicators has been largely neglected, despite the high levels of recurrent exposure to duty-related traumatic events among this population. This chapter reviews the current empirical literature on mental and physical health in 9-1-1 telecommunicators, followed by discussion on factors within the 9-1-1 work environment that may be responsible for elevated rates of mental and physical health problems. Prevention and intervention efforts for 9-1-1 telecommunicators are then discussed, followed by research showing the potentially profound impact of poor mental health on 9-1-1 telecommunicator performance.

Problematic Video Game Use: Estimated Prevalence and Associations with Mental and Physical Health

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 591-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rune Aune Mentzoni ◽  
Geir Scott Brunborg ◽  
Helge Molde ◽  
Helga Myrseth ◽  
Knut Joachim Mår Skouverøe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

scholarly journals Expanded Utilization of Personal Electronic Devices during the Pandemic and its Effect on Overall Health and Wellness of People in Bangalore

2020 ◽  
Vol 03 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amita Venkatesh ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Cellular Phones ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
The People ◽  
Mental Health Effects ◽  
The City ◽  
Mental And Physical Health ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Over the last few years, smart phones have been replaced by landlines, cellular phones and other older versions of mobile phones. Smartphones and other personal electronic devices like laptop, tab, iPad etc. has made our lives easier by providing access to almost everything making our lives more comfortable and easier. In-spite of these several benefits associated with smartphones and personal electronic devices yet excessive usage results in affecting the mental and physical health of the people. The recent pandemic of covid-19 has bought our lives to a standstill and made us confine within our homes since the lockdown was being enforced in Bangalore and other states of India respectively. Thus, most of the activities including our occupation is being done through the means of smartphones and personal electronic devices which includes laptops, iPod, iPad etc. and the internet. This increased usage of has made a greater impact on the people in affecting their mental and physical health. This study aims to analyze how the people of the city Bangalore have been affected both mentally and physically due to the extended utilization of personal electronic devices during the pandemic and also provide ways to resolve this. A semi-structured questionnaire containing the basic details of the respondents, number of hours spent on personal electronic devices for work purpose and other purposes, number of physical and mental health effects suffered by each individual were being collected from the total number of fifty-four individuals out of which a sample of forty-seven people were being considered for this study.

scholarly journals Application fields of gamification

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (37) ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
Nadija Figol ◽  
Tetiana Faichuk ◽  
Iryna Pobidash ◽  
Olga Trishchuk ◽  
Vasyl Teremko
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Rational Use ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
The World ◽  
Banking Education ◽  
Application Fields ◽  
Game Elements ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

In the modern period of universal consumer and entertainment psychology of society, interest in gamification is growing. Game components penetrate into all spheres of activity: business, banking, education and even medicine - common trainings, quests aimed at mastering certain skills. The method of typology, aimed at finding stable features and properties of the object under study. Content analysis was involved, in particular, resources with gamified elements were monitored for automated information retrieval (content monitoring). In the course of the research we came to the conclusion that gamification has a significant impact on the life of modern man. The market of gamified technologies is actively developing in Ukraine and the world. Gamification allows the rational use of available resources, so that as a result all parties achieve the goal, but its use should be treated with caution so as not to exacerbate existing contradictions or, conversely, not to demotivate. That is why it is so important to be critical of the use of game elements in each of the spheres, to realize and distinguish the useful potential of the game from the game as an end in itself, which can adversely affect mental and physical health, self-realization in society.

scholarly journals Women’s Lives Matter—The Critical Need for Women to Prioritize Optimal Physical Activity to Reduce COVID-19 Illness Risk and Severity

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10271
Author(s):  
Karla P. Garcia-Pelagio ◽  
Tamara Hew-Butler ◽  
Mariane M. Fahlman ◽  
Joseph A. Roche
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Physical Risk ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Physical Health Problems ◽  
The One ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Physical activity (PA) is beneficial for the health and wellness of individuals and societies. During an infectious disease pandemic, such as the one caused by COVID-19, social distancing, quarantines, and lockdowns are used to reduce community spread of the disease. Unfortunately, such nonpharmacological interventions or physical risk mitigation measures also make it challenging to engage in PA. Reduced PA could then trigger physiological changes that affect both mental and physical health. In this regard, women are more likely to experience physical and psychological distress. PA is a safe and effective nonpharmacological modality that can help prevent and manage several mental and physical health problems when performed correctly. PA might even confer benefits that are directly related to decreasing COVID-19 morbidity and mortality in women. In this review, we summarize why optimal PA must be a priority for women during the COVID-19 pandemic. We then discuss chronic COVID-19 illness and its impact on women, which further underscores the need for worldwide preventive health strategies that include PA. Finally, we discuss the importance of vaccination against COVID-19 for women, as part of prioritizing preventive healthcare and an active lifestyle.

Veteran participation in the integrative health and wellness program: Impact on self-reported mental and physical health outcomes.

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Hull ◽  
Stephanie Brooks Holliday ◽  
Christine Eickhoff ◽  
Patrick Sullivan ◽  
Rena Courtney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Wellness Program ◽  
Program Impact ◽  
Integrative Health ◽  
Physical Health Outcomes ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Video games: How and why recreational therapists should implement them

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Matthew T. Fish, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Therapeutic Intervention ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Recreational Therapy ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

The purpose of this article is to explore two specific video game modalities–casual video games and exergames–that recreational therapists (RTs) can use for therapeutic intervention. The article will address the effects of such video game modalities on mental and physical health. Requirements and how to use the video game modalities in the recreational therapy setting are shared. Implications and future research ideas for RTs are discussed.

scholarly journals PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY AND HEALTH TOURISM DURING COVID 19 PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Zdravković ◽  
◽  
Slobodan Jovičić ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Analytical Psychology ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Active Imagination ◽  
Psychological Approach ◽  
Health Tourism ◽  
Demand Changes ◽  
Mental And Physical Health ◽  
Positive Effect

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the psychological approaches in both psychotherapy and health tourism have kept their essence and importance, but the experts are being confronted with challenges that demand changes. The goal of the paper is to examine newly established circumstances caused by COVID-19 pandemic as well as their influence on psychotherapy and health tourism - areas of great value for maintaining mental and physical health and the wellbeing. The modifications in the psychological approach could be connected with: the use of new technologies, spending time outdoor with an obligatory social distancing, the reduction and lack of the physical contact, etc. The use of creativity in psychotherapy and health tourism, expressed, among other valuable ways, by the use of active imagination, a well known method of analytical psychology, is being discussed and the hermeneutic method has been applied for analyzing the positive effect and benefits on individuals` wellbeing and health.

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