Five days at outdoor education camp without screens improves preteen skills with nonverbal emotion cues

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Highlights：

• Preteens spent five days in a nature camp without access to screens and were compared to controls.

• Both groups took pre- and post-tests regarding nonverbal emotional cues.

• The experimental group’s recognition of cues improved significantly over the control.

• Time away from screen media, with increased social interaction, may improve comprehension of nonverbal emotional cues.

摘要

•Preteens spent five days in a nature camp without access to screens and were compared to controls.•Both groups took pre- and post-tests regarding nonverbal emotional cues.•The experimental group’s recognition of cues improved significantly over the control.•Time away from screen media, with increased social interaction, may improve comprehension of nonverbal emotional cues.

论文关键词：Social media,Nonverbal communication,Emotion,Adolescent,Social interaction,Development

论文评审过程：Available online 15 August 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.05.036