Zoom fatigue and integrated anxiety-stress: the mediating roles of mind wandering and boredom proneness

Turgut, T, Okur, S, Satici, SA and Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, 2025. Zoom fatigue and integrated anxiety-stress: the mediating roles of mind wandering and boredom proneness. Technology in Society, 82: 102892. ISSN 0160-791X

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on many aspects of daily living, resulting in specific precautions that had to be taken to inhibit the spread of the virus. Due to this, in-person face-to-face education was suspended, and distance education was implemented. Online platforms such as Zoom are frequently used in conjunction with distance education. However, Zoom fatigue has developed as a result of excessive and uncontrolled use. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the association between Zoom fatigue and integrated anxiety-stress, the relationship of this association with mind wandering and boredom proneness, and whether this association is mediated by them. The sample comprised 321 adults (48 % females, Mage = 24.89 years, SD = 8.70) in different regions of Türkiye, between the ages of 18 and 66 years, and from different occupational groups. According to the results of serial mediation analyses, Zoom fatigue had a significant direct effect on integrated anxiety-stress. The combination of mind wandering and boredom proneness serially mediated the relationship between Zoom fatigue and integrated anxiety-stress. All results are discussed in the context of the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the relevant literature.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Technology in Society
Creators:	Turgut, T., Okur, S., Satici, S.A. and Griffiths, M.D.
Publisher:	Elsevier
Date:	September 2025
Volume:	82
ISSN:	0160-791X
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102892 DOI S0160791X2500082X Publisher Item Identifier 2422616 Other
Rights:	© 2025 the author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	07 Apr 2025 13:24
Last Modified:	07 Apr 2025 13:24
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/53370

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