The effects of chewing gum on perceived stress and wellbeing in students under a high and low workload

Smith, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8805-8028 and Clayton, Hope 2020. The effects of chewing gum on perceived stress and wellbeing in students under a high and low workload. Presented at: H-WORKLOAD 4th International Symposium on Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications, Granada, Spain [Virtual], 3-5 Dec 2020. Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Communications in Computer and Information Science , vol.1318 Champaign, US: Springer Verlag, pp. 124-137. 10.1007/978-3-030-62302-9_8

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Abstract

Research has suggested that chewing gum relieves perceptions of stress in stressed and non- stressed individuals but is most beneficial for those experiencing a greater amount of negative work characteristics. To determine if this was true in a student sample, the present study assigned 36 students to four one-day intervention conditions in which participants either chewed or refrained from gum and experienced a high or low workload. The results showed that an individual’s perceptions of stress and mental fatigue decreased as a result of chewing gum. Depression and cognitive failures decreased as a result of experiencing a high workload. Perceptions of physical fatigue decreased when chewing gum under a high workload. The findings suggested that gum may be an effective way to reduce certain stress characteristics, and also reassuring students that a high workload is not necessarily detrimental to their wellbeing.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Publisher:	Springer Verlag
ISBN:	9783030623012
ISSN:	1865-0929
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	3 December 2020
Date of Acceptance:	27 October 2020
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2022 09:43
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/136731

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