Riva Giuseppe, Preziosa Alessandra, Grassi Alessandra, Villani Daniela
ATN-P Lab., Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2006;119:461-3.
One of the best strategies for dealing with stress is learning how to relax. However, relaxing is difficult to achieve in typical real world situations. For this study, we developed a specific protocol based on mobile narratives - multimedia narratives experienced on UMTS/3G phones - to help workers in reducing commuting stress. In a controlled trial 33 commuters were randomly divided between three conditions: Mobile narratives (MN); New age music and videos (NA); no treatment (CT). In two consecutive days the MN and NA samples experienced during their commute trip 2 x 2 6-minute multimedia experiences on a Motorola A925 3G phone provided by the "TRE" Italian UMTS carrier: the MN sample experienced a mobile narrative based on the exploration of a desert beach; the NA sample experienced a commercial new age video with similar visual contents. The trials showed the efficacy of mobile narratives in reducing the level of stress experienced during a commute trip. No effects were found in the other groups. These results suggest that 3G mobile handsets may be used as relaxation tool if backed by a specific therapeutic protocol and meaningful narratives.
应对压力的最佳策略之一是学会如何放松。然而，在典型的现实世界情境中，放松很难实现。在本研究中，我们基于移动叙事（即在UMTS/3G手机上体验的多媒体叙事）开发了一种特定方案，以帮助上班族减轻通勤压力。在一项对照试验中，33名通勤者被随机分为三组：移动叙事组（MN）；新世纪音乐和视频组（NA）；无处理对照组（CT）。在连续两天的通勤途中，MN组和NA组的参与者通过意大利UMTS运营商“TRE”提供的摩托罗拉A925 3G手机体验了2×2次6分钟的多媒体内容：MN组体验了一个基于探索沙漠海滩的移动叙事；NA组体验了一个具有类似视觉内容的商业新世纪视频。试验表明，移动叙事在降低通勤途中的压力水平方面具有有效性。其他组未发现有效果。这些结果表明，如果有特定的治疗方案和有意义的叙事作为支撑，3G手机可作为一种放松工具。
