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Influence of Face Mask and Tropical Climate on Subjective States: Affect, Motivation, and Selective Attention

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Abstract We investigated whether face mask wearing in a hot and humid environment would influence subjective states: motivation, affect, and the performance of cognitive tasks requiring attentional processes. Forty volunteers performed the tasks under 4 repeated conditions: in an air-conditioned (AC) room or a tropical climate (TC; hot and wet environment) while wearing a mask or not (counterbalanced). For each condition, they completed questionnaires on subjective states (affect, motivation, and attentional processes) by performing the Bells and d2 tests, and a comparison of men and women was an indirect focus of this study. Results showed that the participants had higher sensations of fatigue, thermal discomfort, and a negative affect when wearing a mask in the TC condition. Additionally, lower performance scores were noted in the Bells test when participants wore a mask in a TC compared with all other conditions. Lastly, the participants’ performance on the d2 test involving selective and sustained attention improved without a mask in AC and in TC conditions. Consequently, the results revealed that wearing a mask in a TC can induce anxiety, headaches, discomfort, and lower motivation.
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hal-03839974 , version 1 (04-11-2022)

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Nicolas Robin, Laurent Dominique, Olivier Hue. Influence of Face Mask and Tropical Climate on Subjective States: Affect, Motivation, and Selective Attention. American Journal of Psychology, 2022, 135 (3), pp.313-324. ⟨10.5406/19398298.135.3.05⟩. ⟨hal-03839974⟩

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