Search Results - "Myrick, Jessica G."

Kindness Media Rapidly Inspires Viewers and Increases Happiness, Calm, Gratitude, and Generosity in a Healthcare Setting by Fryburg, David A, Ureles, Steven D, Myrick, Jessica G, Carpentier, Francesca Dillman, Oliver, Mary Beth

“…: Stress is a ubiquitous aspect of modern life that affects both mental and physical health. Clinical care settings can be particularly stressful for both…”
Get full text

Essential and non-essential US workers’ health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic by Martin, Molly A., Lennon, Robert P., Smith, Rachel A., Myrick, Jessica G., Small, Meg L., Van Scoy, Lauren J.

“…We seek to quantify the relationship between health behaviors and work-related experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic by predicting health behaviors as a…”
Get full text

The 'how' and 'why' of fitness app use: investigating user motivations to gain insights into the nexus of technology and fitness by Molina, Maria D., Myrick, Jessica G.

“…Fitness tracking applications have demonstrated to be viable tools to help people meet the recommended guidelines of physical activity. Nevertheless, attrition…”
Get full text

Special Issue: Communicating Risk and Uncertainty in the Face of COVID-19 by Priest, Susanna, Myrick, Jessica G.

Get full text

Diminishing Psychological Reactance Through Self-Transcendent Media Experiences: A Self-Report and Psychophysiological Investigation by Clayton, Russell B., Myrick, Jessica G., Dale, Katherine R., Park, Junho, Sarra, Emily, Hechlik, Ella

“…Health communication scholars have provided ample evidence demonstrating the ways in which freedom-threatening language used in persuasive health messages…”
Get full text

The Effects of “Media Tech Neck”: The Impact of Spinal Flexion on Cognitive and Emotional Processing of Videos by Cores-Sarría, Lucía, Han, Jingjing, Myrick, Jessica G., Potter, Robert F.

“…Adoption of mobile devices (e.g., smart phones and tablets) has popularized a neck-down posture during media consumption that is different from the traditional…”
Get full text

Unique Predictors of Intended Uptake of a COVID-19 Vaccine in Adults Living in a Rural College Town in the United States by Lennon, Robert P., Small, Meg L., Smith, Rachel A., Van Scoy, Lauren J., Myrick, Jessica G., Martin, Molly A.

“…Purpose: To explore public confidence in a COVID-19 vaccine. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: A rural college town in central Pennsylvania. Subjects:…”
Get full text

Informed Citizenship in a Media-Centric Way of Life by Grabe, Maria E., Myrick, Jessica G.

“…Two trends are prominent and universal to contemporary democracies: Voting rates are in steady decline while media use is growing. A transdisciplinary vantage…”
Get full text

Racial Differences in Response to Chadwick Boseman’s Colorectal Cancer Death: Media Use as a Coping Tool for Parasocial Grief by Myrick, Jessica G., Willoughby, Jessica F., Clark, Meredith D.

“…The August 2020 death of Black actor Chadwick Boseman, at age 43 from colon cancer was a notable public event. Given Boseman’s popularity, particularly amongst…”
Get full text

Exploring Behavioral Typologies to Inform COVID-19 Health Campaigns: A Person-Centered Approach by Smith, Rachel A., Myrick, Jessica G., Lennon, Robert P., Martin, Molly A., Small, Meg L., Van Scoy, Lauren J., Research Group, the Data4Action

“…As the United States continues to be ravaged by COVID-19, it becomes increasingly important to implement effective public health campaigns to improve personal…”
Get full text

Promoting systems thinking and pro-environmental policy support through serious games by Sajjadi, Pejman, Bagher, Mahda M., Myrick, Jessica G., Guerriero, Joseph G., White, Timothy S., Klippel, Alexander, Swim, Janet K.

“…We evaluated whether teaching the public about the “critical zone”–the Earth’s outer skin, critical to all life— via a digital serious game can affect adults’…”
Get full text

Mixed-methods Analysis of Adults Likely versus Unlikely to Get a COVID-19 Vaccination by Van Scoy, Lauren J, Costigan, Heather, Smith, Rachel A, Snyder, Bethany, Martin, Molly A, Myrick, Jessica G, Small, Meg L, Lennon, Robert P

“…This mixed-methods study compared perspectives of those 'very likely' versus 'very unlikely' to receive a hypothetical COVID-19 vaccine. We used an…”
Get more information

Longitudinal Study of an Emerging COVID-19 Stigma: Media Exposure, Danger Appraisal, and Stress by Smith, Rachel A., Zhu, Xun, Martin, Molly A., Myrick, Jessica G., Lennon, Robert P., Small, Meg L., Van Scoy, Lauren J.

“…Media coverage of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has played a critical role throughout the pandemic: sharing news about the novel virus, policies and practices…”
Get full text

Design of a Serious Game to Inform the Public About the Critical Zone by Sajjadi, Pejman, Bagher, Mahda M., Cui, Zheng, Myrick, Jessica G., Swim, Janet K., White, Timothy S., Klippel, Alexander

“…The Critical Zone (CZ), the near surface more portion of the terrestrial Earth is a complex concept that plays a pivotal role in the food-energy-water nexus…”
Get full text

Informed Citizenship in a Media-Centric Way of Life: Informed Citizenship by Grabe, Maria E., Myrick, Jessica G.

Get full text

Comparing Theoretical Explanations for the Empirical Effects of Presenting Climate Change as a Health Issue on Social Media by Myrick, Jessica G.

“…Abstract It is not surprising that the dominant cognitive frame through which most audiences view climate change is that of an environmental problem. However,…”
Get full text