Logging out or leaning in? Social media strategies for enhancing well-being.

IF 3.7 1区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL
Amori Yee Mikami, Adri Khalis, Vasileia Karasavva
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Social media use is endemic among emerging adults, raising concerns that this trend may harm users. We tested whether reducing the quantity of social media use, relative to improving the way users engage with social media, benefits psychological well-being. Participants were 393 social media users (ages 17-29) in Canada, with elevated psychopathology symptoms, who perceived social media to negatively impact their life somewhat. They were randomized to either (a) assistance to engage with social media in a way to enhance connectedness (tutorial), (b) encouragement to abstain from social media (abstinence), or (c) no instructions to change behavior (control). Participants' social media behaviors were self-reported and tracked using phone screen time apps while well-being was self-reported, over four timepoints (6 weeks in total). Results suggested that the tutorial and abstinence groups, relative to control, reduced their quantity of social media use and the amount of social comparisons they made on social media, with abstinence being the most effective. Tutorial was the only condition to reduce participants' fear of missing out and loneliness, and abstinence was the only condition to reduce internalizing symptoms, relative to control. No condition differences emerged in eating pathology or the tendency to make social comparisons in an upward direction. Changes in social media behaviors mediated the effects of abstinence (but not of tutorial) on well-being outcomes. Participant engagement and perceptions of helpfulness were acceptable, but the abstinence group possibly perceived the content as less helpful. In conclusion, using social media differently and abstaining from social media may each benefit well-being. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

退出还是融入?提高幸福感的社交媒体策略
社交媒体的使用在新兴成年人中十分普遍,这引发了人们对这一趋势可能对用户造成伤害的担忧。我们测试了相对于改善用户使用社交媒体的方式而言,减少社交媒体的使用量是否有益于心理健康。参与者是加拿大的 393 名社交媒体用户(17-29 岁),他们有较高的精神病理症状,认为社交媒体对他们的生活有一定的负面影响。他们被随机分配到:(a) 协助他们以增强联系的方式使用社交媒体(辅导);(b) 鼓励他们戒除社交媒体(戒除);或 (c) 不指导他们改变行为(控制)。在四个时间点(共 6 周)内,参与者的社交媒体行为由其自我报告,并使用手机屏幕时间应用程序进行跟踪,而幸福感则由其自我报告。结果表明,相对于对照组,辅导组和禁欲组减少了社交媒体的使用量和在社交媒体上进行的社交比较的数量,其中禁欲组的效果最好。与对照组相比,辅导组是唯一能减少参与者害怕错过和孤独感的组别,而禁欲组是唯一能减少内化症状的组别。在饮食病理学或向上进行社会比较的倾向方面,没有出现条件差异。社交媒体行为的变化对禁欲(而非辅导)对幸福结果的影响起到了中介作用。参与者的参与度和对有用性的看法都是可以接受的,但禁欲组可能认为内容的有用性较低。总之,以不同的方式使用社交媒体和禁用社交媒体可能都会有益于身心健康。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA,保留所有权利)。
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6.20
自引率
4.90%
发文量
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Experimental Psychology: General publishes articles describing empirical work that bridges the traditional interests of two or more communities of psychology. The work may touch on issues dealt with in JEP: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, JEP: Human Perception and Performance, JEP: Animal Behavior Processes, or JEP: Applied, but may also concern issues in other subdisciplines of psychology, including social processes, developmental processes, psychopathology, neuroscience, or computational modeling. Articles in JEP: General may be longer than the usual journal publication if necessary, but shorter articles that bridge subdisciplines will also be considered.
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