Exploring the Impact of Emotional Regulation Strategies and Technology Use on Emotional Resilience in Healthcare Settings: The Case of Film Directors

Abstract

This study examines the relationships between information technology use, perceived emotional support, work stress perception, and emotional resilience in high-stress professional contexts such as filmmaking. Using survey data from 319 film directors, correlation analysis, hierarchical multiple regression, and regression-based mediation and moderation analyses were employed to test the proposed model. The results indicate that information technology use is significantly and positively associated with emotional resilience, whereas work stress perception is significantly and negatively associated with emotional resilience. Perceived emotional support partially mediates the effects of both information technology use and work stress perception on emotional resilience and significantly moderates the impact of technology use by strengthening its positive association with resilience under conditions of high perceived support and high work stress. These findings suggest that integrating digital tools with structured emotional support systems can help foster digital resilience and emotional well-being in high-pressure occupations.