Doomscrolling and mental well-being in social media users: A serial mediation through mindfulness and secondary traumatic stress

IF 2 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI:10.1002/jcop.23111

Sumeyye Taskin, Hacer Yildirim Kurtulus, Seydi Ahmet Satici, M. Engin Deniz

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Abstract

Considering that large-scale events such as natural disasters, epidemics, and wars affect people all over the world through online news channels, it is inevitable to investigate the impact of following or avoiding negative news on well-being. This study investigated the effect of doomscrolling on mental well-being and the mediating role of mindfulness and secondary traumatic stress in social media users. A total of 400 Turkish adults completed scales to assess doomscrolling, mental well-being, mindfulness, and secondary traumatic stress. The average age of the participants was 29.42 (SD = 8.38; ranged = 18−65). Structural equation modeling was conducted to examine the mediating roles of mindfulness and secondary traumatic stress in the relationship between doomscrolling and mental well-being. Mindfulness and secondary traumatic stress fully mediated the relationship between doomscrolling and mental well-being. The results are discussed in light of existing knowledge of doomscrolling, mental well-being, mindfulness, and secondary traumatic stress. High levels of doomscrolling, which is related to an individual's mental well-being, can predict the individual's distraction from the here and now and fixation on negative news. This situation, in which mindfulness is low, is related to the individual's indirect traumatization and increased secondary traumatic stress symptoms in the face of the negative news he/she follows.

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社交媒体用户的末日滚动和心理健康：通过正念和二次创伤压力进行连续调解。

考虑到自然灾害、流行病和战争等大规模事件通过网络新闻渠道影响着全世界的人们，研究关注或回避负面新闻对幸福感的影响是不可避免的。本研究调查了末日滚动对社交媒体用户心理健康的影响，以及正念和二次创伤压力的中介作用。共有 400 名土耳其成年人填写了评估末日滚动、心理健康、正念和二次创伤压力的量表。参与者的平均年龄为 29.42 岁（标准差 = 8.38；范围 = 18-65）。研究人员建立了结构方程模型，以检验正念和二次创伤压力在末日滚动与心理健康之间关系中的中介作用。正念和继发性创伤压力完全调节了末日滚动与心理健康之间的关系。本文结合有关末日滚动、心理健康、正念和继发性创伤压力的现有知识，对研究结果进行了讨论。高水平的厄运滚动与个体的心理健康有关，它可以预测个体会从此时此地分心并专注于负面新闻。在这种情况下，心智水平较低的个体在面对负面新闻时会产生间接创伤，继发性创伤应激症状也会增加。

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Journal of community psychology Multiple-

CiteScore

4.20

自引率

8.70%

发文量

195

期刊介绍： The Journal of Community Psychology is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to research, evaluation, assessment and intervention, and review articles that deal with human behavior in community settings. Articles of interest include descriptions and evaluations of service programs and projects, studies of youth, parenting, and family development, methodology and design for work in the community, the interaction of groups in the larger community, and criminals and corrections.