Could Having Access to Real-Time Data on Your Emotions Influence Subsequent Behavior? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Japanese Office Workers
Improvements in mental health through real-time feedback on emotions have consequences for productivity and employee wellness. However, we find few extant studies on how real-time feedback on emotions can influence subsequent behavior modification in the Japanese workplace. We conducted a randomized...
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| author | Yoshihiko Kadoya Sayaka Fukuda Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan |
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| description | Improvements in mental health through real-time feedback on emotions have consequences for productivity and employee wellness. However, we find few extant studies on how real-time feedback on emotions can influence subsequent behavior modification in the Japanese workplace. We conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 30 employees of an insurance company in Japan and observed their emotions for 10 working days using a wearable biometric device. We compared the emotions of employees who had access to real-time emotional states (treatment group) with those of employees who did not (control group). The results of the panel regression analysis showed that access to real-time emotions was negatively associated with happy emotions and positively associated with angry and sad emotions. The results indicated that even after having access to the objective statuses of emotions, participants were unable to continue with happy emotions and reverse angry and sad emotions to other comfortable emotions. Our findings imply that feedback on real-time emotional states should be associated with appropriate training and motivation to utilize feedback for behavioral modification. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d38b18df72e54056aa8a4b3ec0edfc732024-03-27T13:21:24ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2024-02-0114316910.3390/bs14030169Could Having Access to Real-Time Data on Your Emotions Influence Subsequent Behavior? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Japanese Office WorkersYoshihiko Kadoya0Sayaka Fukuda1Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan2School of Economics, Hiroshima University, 1-2-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima 7398525, JapanSchool of Economics, Hiroshima University, 1-2-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima 7398525, JapanSchool of Economics, Hiroshima University, 1-2-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima 7398525, JapanImprovements in mental health through real-time feedback on emotions have consequences for productivity and employee wellness. However, we find few extant studies on how real-time feedback on emotions can influence subsequent behavior modification in the Japanese workplace. We conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 30 employees of an insurance company in Japan and observed their emotions for 10 working days using a wearable biometric device. We compared the emotions of employees who had access to real-time emotional states (treatment group) with those of employees who did not (control group). The results of the panel regression analysis showed that access to real-time emotions was negatively associated with happy emotions and positively associated with angry and sad emotions. The results indicated that even after having access to the objective statuses of emotions, participants were unable to continue with happy emotions and reverse angry and sad emotions to other comfortable emotions. Our findings imply that feedback on real-time emotional states should be associated with appropriate training and motivation to utilize feedback for behavioral modification.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/14/3/169behavioral modificationsemotional statusmental healthreal-time feedbackwearable biometric devise |
| spellingShingle | Yoshihiko Kadoya Sayaka Fukuda Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan Could Having Access to Real-Time Data on Your Emotions Influence Subsequent Behavior? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Japanese Office Workers Behavioral Sciences behavioral modifications emotional status mental health real-time feedback wearable biometric devise |
| title | Could Having Access to Real-Time Data on Your Emotions Influence Subsequent Behavior? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Japanese Office Workers |
| title_full | Could Having Access to Real-Time Data on Your Emotions Influence Subsequent Behavior? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Japanese Office Workers |
| title_fullStr | Could Having Access to Real-Time Data on Your Emotions Influence Subsequent Behavior? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Japanese Office Workers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Could Having Access to Real-Time Data on Your Emotions Influence Subsequent Behavior? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Japanese Office Workers |
| title_short | Could Having Access to Real-Time Data on Your Emotions Influence Subsequent Behavior? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Japanese Office Workers |
| title_sort | could having access to real time data on your emotions influence subsequent behavior evidence from a randomized controlled trial of japanese office workers |
| topic | behavioral modifications emotional status mental health real-time feedback wearable biometric devise |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/14/3/169 |
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