Mental health and media coverage of COVID-19: investigation of the effects of television management, and efficient interrelation of anxiety through the dual technique: suffering VS pain, for the improvement of stress generated by the pandemic

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José Jesús Vargas
María Pilar Yébenes Cortés

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Willingness to communicate (WTC) in a foreign language is linked to a range of negative and positive emotions. The present study investigated whether language enjoyment and anxiety are potential predictors of WTC. To this end, a group of 349 EFL undergraduate students (Female = 226, Male = 123) enrolled at public Saudi Arabian universities were surveyed. Multiple regression analyses revealed that foreign language enjoyment (FLE) was a predictor of WTC, while foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) did not seem to have a significant correlation with students’ WTC. These results suggest higher levels of enjoyment may have neutralized the effects of anxiety on WTC, indicating the salient role of positive emotions. Implications for foreign language teachers are discussed.

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Vargas, José Jesús, and María Pilar Yébenes Cortés. 2023. “Mental Health and Media Coverage of COVID-19: Investigation of the Effects of Television Management, and Efficient Interrelation of Anxiety through the Dual Technique: Suffering VS Pain, for the Improvement of Stress Generated by the Pandemic”. Vivat Academia 156 (June):288-305. https://doi.org/10.15178/va.2023.156.e1464.
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José Jesús Vargas, Universidad Europea

Accredited Doctor and Full Professor of Creativity and Persuasive Communication at the European University of Madrid. Director of the Master’s Program in Marketing and Communication (UEM 2016). Dean of the European University of the Canary Islands (UEC 2013). Director of the Department of Advertising and Content (UEM 2002–2012). Advisor for 6 successfully defended doctoral dissertations. Mindfulness consultant.

 

María Pilar Yébenes Cortés, Universidad Europea

Doctor in Audiovisual Communication from the European University, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the European University, and member of the research group "Diversity and Social Innovation." Her research focuses on film and television studies. She is the author of various articles published in scientific journals, such as "The influence of the futuristic metropolis and the technologized city in Japanese animation cinema: Rintarô's Metropolis as a scenario of narrative power, freneticism, and fascination" in the journal "Fotocinema" and "Gender equality in animation cinema: Breaking the glass ceiling in the audiovisual sector" in the journal "Communication Papers: Media Literacy and Gender Studies."

Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5212-6241

 

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