Abstract Background The digital economy is driving the global operation and upgrading of multinational corporations, but the psychological problems of employees caused by digital scenarios such as remote work and cross time zone collaboration are becoming increasingly prominent. Existing research mostly focuses on the impact of single country workplace psychological intervention or digital economy on production efficiency but lacks the correlation analysis between multidimensional characteristics of digital economy and psychological barriers, and there is a research gap in the application of biological behavioral therapy in cross-border scenarios. Based on the framework of digital scene exposure, psychological stress, and intervention effectiveness, this study explores the impact mechanism of the core dimensions of the digital economy on the psychological disorders of multinational company employees, verifies the intervention effectiveness of biological behavioral therapy, and provides empirical support for global enterprise psychological management. Methods The study selected 800 employees from 6 multinational companies across 2 continents and 5 countries as samples, and divided them into high (5 hours, n = 300), medium (2-5 hours, n = 300), and low (2 hours, n = 200) exposure groups based on the daily usage time of digital tools. The Symptom Check List-90 (SCL-90) (α = 0.89) was used to evaluate baseline psychological disorder scores. The high exposure group was divided into a biological behavior therapy intervention group (n = 150) and a conventional control group (n = 150). The biological behavior therapy intervention group received an 8-week intervention, 25 minutes of biofeedback training daily and cognitive counseling once a week, while the conventional control group only received a psychological manual. The study conducted analysis of variance and correlation testing using SPSS 26.0. Results The baseline average score of psychological disorders in the high exposure group was 2.34 ± 0.52, the baseline average score of psychological disorders in the medium exposure group was 1.78 ± 0.46, and the baseline average score of psychological disorders in the low exposure group was 1.42 ± 0.39. There was a strong positive correlation between information overload and anxiety scores (r = 0.68, p.001). After intervention, the overall average score of the biological behavioral therapy group decreased to 1.67 ± 0.41, and the improvement rates of anxiety and sleep disorders were 42.3% and 38.6%, respectively, significantly higher than the control group. The intervention effect of Asian employees' biological behavior therapy is better than that of European and American employees, with an interaction effect of 4.32 (p=.038). Discussion The research results indicate that information overload and cross time zone collaboration in the digital economy increase the risk of psychological disorders among multinational employees. Biobehavioral therapy can achieve efficient intervention through physiological signal regulation and cognitive remodeling, especially suitable for Asian multinational employee groups. Research has filled the gap in digital psychology research in cross-border scenarios, providing quantitative evidence for global enterprise mental health management. However, the study has not delved into the moderating effects of different cultural dimensions on intervention effectiveness. Future research can combine Hofstede's cultural dimension theory to construct personalized programs for cross-cultural adaptation of biological behavioral therapy.
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