Exploring Biotechnological Applications in Emotion Regulation and Health Education Across Cultural Contexts: An Applied Linguistics Approach

Abstract

This paper explores the integration of applied linguistics and biotechnology to enhance emotional regulation and health education tailored to diverse cultural settings. Initially, we examine the scope of applied linguistics across various cultures and the linguistic nuances inherent in different cultural contexts. Utilizing an ecological perspective, we conduct ecological discourse analysis and cross-cultural contextual sign analysis to investigate how linguistic signs are transmitted and ideated across cultures. Subsequently, we develop a biologically-informed health education system. This system leverages biotechnological tools to monitor physiological signals associated with emotional changes, enabling the study of how these changes influence emotion regulation in different cultural milieus. Our findings indicate significant fluctuations in brain wave patterns corresponding to emotional states. We demonstrate a strong linear regression correlation between the satisfaction derived from health education and the regulation of emotions (B=0.04, p<0.001). However, the impact of expression inhibition on health education satisfaction was not statistically significant (B=0.18, p>0.05), although the expression inhibition itself significantly moderated the relationship between self-emotion regulation and health education satisfaction (B=-0.38, t=-4.82, p<0.001). These results underscore the necessity of guiding emotion regulation through culturally-informed health education, facilitated by biotechnological advancements. Our study highlights the potential of applied linguistics combined with biotechnology to develop effective emotional self-regulation strategies that are responsive to the cultural diversity of learners.