Soya Nah
Biographic Data
| ID | 222283 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Soya Nah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Soya |
| FAMILY NAME | Nah |
| SIGNATURE | NAH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2061-9794 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The significance of ethical awareness in human–AI interaction
When the future self hurts the present self
Augmented Reality (AR) has revolutionised appearance-based filters that enable users to modify their appearance in real time on social media platforms. A fair amount of research has focused on how AR-based appearance filters impact users’ body image, particularly those that enhance appearance through ‘beautifying’ filters. However, the effects of AR filters that change users’ appearance so that it is further from the appearance ideal remain large…
How Autonomy of Artificial Intelligence Technology and User Agency Influence AI Perceptions and Attitudes
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is increasingly taking over various aspects of our daily decision-making processes. The current study investigates how media users emotionally and cognitively respond to the increasing autonomy of AI technology. A survey (N = 297) measured the perceived autonomy of AI applications that individuals currently use and examined its relationship with psychological reactance, user agency, and perceived personaliz…
The persuasive potential of virtual time travel using augmented reality
Advancements in communication technologies have enabled individuals to transcend the physical environment, and there is sizable research exploring how users interact with the mediated environments, particularly with respect to perceived shifts in spatial and social presence. However, despite the ability of new communication technologies to facilitate a change in perceived time via virtual time travel, there is scant empirical work testing the pre…
Effects of Receiving Pain-Related Support on Psychological Well-Being
Objectives We investigated whether receiving greater pain-related instrumental support is associated with poorer psychological well-being among chronic pain patients who report less positive (e.g., grateful) or more negative (e.g., angry) emotional responses to support. Methods We conducted regression analyses, utilizing data from two waves of interviews with 152 knee osteoarthritis patients. Three indicators of psychological well-being were exam…
The Roles of Social Media Use and Medical Mistrust in Black Americans’ Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to healthcare and public health messaging in the United States. One area of focus has been vaccination uptake among Black Americans, who have experienced COVID-19 deaths disproportionate to their share of the United States population, raising questions about the processes involved in vaccination perceptions and behaviors. Guided by the Risk Information Seeking and Processing model, this s…
Interactivity Can Enhance the Effectiveness of Threat Appeals
Interactive health websites where threat appeals are incorporated have become a popular strategy to engage users in preventive health behaviors. The current study examines how website interactivity enhances the effectiveness of threat appeals and thus encourages preventive health behaviors in the context of an anti-sugar campaign. A single factor design experiment (N = 109) with two conditions (high vs. low interactivity) was employed to investig…
Dyadic links between health changes and well-being
Although the marital relationship is often the primary source of emotional support in adulthood, sole reliance on the spouse to discuss health-related issues may be harmful to the well-being of both partners. The first aim of this study was to examine whether declines in health during later life would be associated with poorer psychological well-being in self and partner. We further investigated whether declining health would have a stronger impa…
Does 360-degree Video Enhance Engagement with Global Warming
360-degree videos have become favored tools to deliver environmental messages to audiences on social media platforms. Whereas 360-degree videos can emotionally engage users with beautiful scenery imitating virtual reality (VR) technology, such positive experiences may not be always translated into greater persuasion. Based on the theories of emotion and interactivity, we propose that the peaceful feelings evoked by interacting with natural scener…
Staying-at-Home with Tragedy
The COVID-19 pandemic created a historic opportunity to study the link between identity threat and individuals' temporary expansion of the boundaries of the self (TEBOTS) through stories. Concurrently, the relationship between eudaimonic entertainment processes and self-expansion, particularly feeling moved and self-awareness, was examined. A quasi-experiment was conducted with an online sample (N = 172) that was randomly assigned to watch either…
Perceived Gratitude, Role Overload, and Mental Health Among Spousal Caregivers of Older Adults
Findings suggest that spousal caregivers' role overload may be a strong risk factor for their poorer mental health, especially when caregivers feel less appreciated by their partner. Couple-oriented interventions to improve spousal caregivers' mental health could be aimed at reducing their role overload and enhancing perceived gratitude
Perceived Patient Pain and Spousal Caregivers’ Negative Affect
Objectives: This study examined whether older patients' greater daily pain perceived by their spouses was associated with spouses' higher daily negative affect. We further investigated whether spouses' lower confidence in patients' ability to manage pain exacerbated the daily association between perceived patient pain and spouses' negative affect. Method: We used baseline interviews and a 22-day diary of knee osteoarthritis patients and their spo…
Rumination and Sleep Quality Among Older Adults
Perceived spousal support may act as a psychosocial resource that mitigates negative effects of trait rumination on older adults' sleep quality. Interventions aimed at mitigating maladaptive outcomes of rumination on sleep quality for older adults should consider spousal support as a key target
How 360-Degree Video Influences Content Perceptions and Environmental Behavior
Whereas the positive impact of 360-degree video on user experience has been demonstrated, its persuasive potentials have not been fully investigated. A lab experiment compared proenvironmental 360-degree videos and unidirectional videos in their persuasive effectiveness. Environmental self-efficacy, the degree to which individuals believe that they can influence the outcomes associated with global warming, has been proposed as a moderator. In a l…
Perceived Gratitude, Role Overload, and Mental Health Among Spousal Caregivers of Older Adults
Findings suggest that spousal caregivers' role overload may be a strong risk factor for their poorer mental health, especially when caregivers feel less appreciated by their partner. Couple-oriented interventions to improve spousal caregivers' mental health could be aimed at reducing their role overload and enhancing perceived gratitude
How 360-Degree Video Influences Content Perceptions and Environmental Behavior
Whereas the positive impact of 360-degree video on user experience has been demonstrated, its persuasive potentials have not been fully investigated. A lab experiment compared proenvironmental 360-degree videos and unidirectional videos in their persuasive effectiveness. Environmental self-efficacy, the degree to which individuals believe that they can influence the outcomes associated with global warming, has been proposed as a moderator. In a l…
Rumination and Sleep Quality Among Older Adults
Perceived spousal support may act as a psychosocial resource that mitigates negative effects of trait rumination on older adults' sleep quality. Interventions aimed at mitigating maladaptive outcomes of rumination on sleep quality for older adults should consider spousal support as a key target
Dyadic links between health changes and well-being
Although the marital relationship is often the primary source of emotional support in adulthood, sole reliance on the spouse to discuss health-related issues may be harmful to the well-being of both partners. The first aim of this study was to examine whether declines in health during later life would be associated with poorer psychological well-being in self and partner. We further investigated whether declining health would have a stronger impa…
Perceived Patient Pain and Spousal Caregivers’ Negative Affect
Objectives: This study examined whether older patients' greater daily pain perceived by their spouses was associated with spouses' higher daily negative affect. We further investigated whether spouses' lower confidence in patients' ability to manage pain exacerbated the daily association between perceived patient pain and spouses' negative affect. Method: We used baseline interviews and a 22-day diary of knee osteoarthritis patients and their spo…
Perceived Patient Pain and Spousal Caregivers’ Negative Affect
Objectives: This study examined whether older patients' greater daily pain perceived by their spouses was associated with spouses' higher daily negative affect. We further investigated whether spouses' lower confidence in patients' ability to manage pain exacerbated the daily association between perceived patient pain and spouses' negative affect. Method: We used baseline interviews and a 22-day diary of knee osteoarthritis patients and their spo…
Rumination and Sleep Quality Among Older Adults
Perceived spousal support may act as a psychosocial resource that mitigates negative effects of trait rumination on older adults' sleep quality. Interventions aimed at mitigating maladaptive outcomes of rumination on sleep quality for older adults should consider spousal support as a key target
How 360-Degree Video Influences Content Perceptions and Environmental Behavior
Whereas the positive impact of 360-degree video on user experience has been demonstrated, its persuasive potentials have not been fully investigated. A lab experiment compared proenvironmental 360-degree videos and unidirectional videos in their persuasive effectiveness. Environmental self-efficacy, the degree to which individuals believe that they can influence the outcomes associated with global warming, has been proposed as a moderator. In a l…
Does 360-degree Video Enhance Engagement with Global Warming
360-degree videos have become favored tools to deliver environmental messages to audiences on social media platforms. Whereas 360-degree videos can emotionally engage users with beautiful scenery imitating virtual reality (VR) technology, such positive experiences may not be always translated into greater persuasion. Based on the theories of emotion and interactivity, we propose that the peaceful feelings evoked by interacting with natural scener…
Staying-at-Home with Tragedy
The COVID-19 pandemic created a historic opportunity to study the link between identity threat and individuals' temporary expansion of the boundaries of the self (TEBOTS) through stories. Concurrently, the relationship between eudaimonic entertainment processes and self-expansion, particularly feeling moved and self-awareness, was examined. A quasi-experiment was conducted with an online sample (N = 172) that was randomly assigned to watch either…
Perceived Gratitude, Role Overload, and Mental Health Among Spousal Caregivers of Older Adults
Findings suggest that spousal caregivers' role overload may be a strong risk factor for their poorer mental health, especially when caregivers feel less appreciated by their partner. Couple-oriented interventions to improve spousal caregivers' mental health could be aimed at reducing their role overload and enhancing perceived gratitude
Dyadic links between health changes and well-being
Although the marital relationship is often the primary source of emotional support in adulthood, sole reliance on the spouse to discuss health-related issues may be harmful to the well-being of both partners. The first aim of this study was to examine whether declines in health during later life would be associated with poorer psychological well-being in self and partner. We further investigated whether declining health would have a stronger impa…
Interactivity Can Enhance the Effectiveness of Threat Appeals
Interactive health websites where threat appeals are incorporated have become a popular strategy to engage users in preventive health behaviors. The current study examines how website interactivity enhances the effectiveness of threat appeals and thus encourages preventive health behaviors in the context of an anti-sugar campaign. A single factor design experiment (N = 109) with two conditions (high vs. low interactivity) was employed to investig…
The Roles of Social Media Use and Medical Mistrust in Black Americans’ Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to healthcare and public health messaging in the United States. One area of focus has been vaccination uptake among Black Americans, who have experienced COVID-19 deaths disproportionate to their share of the United States population, raising questions about the processes involved in vaccination perceptions and behaviors. Guided by the Risk Information Seeking and Processing model, this s…
How Autonomy of Artificial Intelligence Technology and User Agency Influence AI Perceptions and Attitudes
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is increasingly taking over various aspects of our daily decision-making processes. The current study investigates how media users emotionally and cognitively respond to the increasing autonomy of AI technology. A survey (N = 297) measured the perceived autonomy of AI applications that individuals currently use and examined its relationship with psychological reactance, user agency, and perceived personaliz…
The persuasive potential of virtual time travel using augmented reality
Advancements in communication technologies have enabled individuals to transcend the physical environment, and there is sizable research exploring how users interact with the mediated environments, particularly with respect to perceived shifts in spatial and social presence. However, despite the ability of new communication technologies to facilitate a change in perceived time via virtual time travel, there is scant empirical work testing the pre…
Effects of Receiving Pain-Related Support on Psychological Well-Being
Objectives We investigated whether receiving greater pain-related instrumental support is associated with poorer psychological well-being among chronic pain patients who report less positive (e.g., grateful) or more negative (e.g., angry) emotional responses to support. Methods We conducted regression analyses, utilizing data from two waves of interviews with 152 knee osteoarthritis patients. Three indicators of psychological well-being were exam…
The significance of ethical awareness in human–AI interaction
When the future self hurts the present self
Augmented Reality (AR) has revolutionised appearance-based filters that enable users to modify their appearance in real time on social media platforms. A fair amount of research has focused on how AR-based appearance filters impact users’ body image, particularly those that enhance appearance through ‘beautifying’ filters. However, the effects of AR filters that change users’ appearance so that it is further from the appearance ideal remain large…
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Perception (5 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Media Influence and Health (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Anxiety (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works)