Using Social Networking Sites During Lockdown: Risks and Benefits.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psicothema Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI:10.7334/psicothema2022.51

Covadonga González-Nuevo, Marcelino Cuesta, Álvaro Postigo, Álvaro Menéndez-Aller, Jaime García-Fernández, Daria J Kuss

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Abstract

Background: Previous research about use of Social Networking Sites (SNS) use during the COVID-19 lockdown has examined benefits and risks of SNS use (i.e., support through SNS, problematic SNS use and interaction about COVID-19) without comparing them. This study has two objectives: (i) to evaluate which SNS uses (problematic SNS use and interaction about COVID-19 on SNS) predict increased emotional distress, and (ii) to analyse if social support and interaction about COVID-19 mediated the relationship between time spent on SNS and increased emotional distress.

Method: A total of 1,003 participants (75.5% women) over 18 years old took part (M = 42.33; SD = 14.32 years). Three hierarchical linear regressions were performed for the first objective and a path analysis was performed for the second.

Results: Results showed that negative social comparison on SNS had the highest positive regression weight, followed by interaction about COVID-19 and addictive consequences. Also, an indirect effect of time spent on SNS on anxiety, depression, and life satisfaction through interaction about COVID-19 and support through SNS was found.

Conclusions: The results indicate that comparative SNS use is the best predictor of emotional distress. The mediation model proposed was confirmed, highlighting the importance of assessing specific SNS uses.

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在封锁期间使用社交网站:风险和好处。

背景:之前关于COVID-19封锁期间使用社交网站(SNS)的研究考察了使用社交网站的好处和风险(即通过社交网站获得的支持、有问题的社交网站使用和关于COVID-19的互动)，但没有对它们进行比较。本研究有两个目的:(i)评估哪些社交媒体使用(有问题的社交媒体使用和社交媒体上关于COVID-19的互动)会预测情绪困扰的增加，(ii)分析关于COVID-19的社会支持和互动是否介导了社交媒体使用时间和情绪困扰增加之间的关系。方法:共1003名18岁以上的参与者(女性占75.5%)(M = 42.33;SD = 14.32年)。对第一个目标进行了三个层次线性回归，对第二个目标进行了通径分析。结果:社交网络负面社交比较的正回归权重最高，其次是关于COVID-19与成瘾后果的互动。此外，我们还发现社交网络时间对焦虑、抑郁和生活满意度的间接影响是通过社交网络对COVID-19的互动和支持来实现的。结论:比较SNS使用是情绪困扰的最佳预测因子。提出的中介模型得到了证实，强调了评估特定SNS使用的重要性。

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Psicothema PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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6.50

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16.70%

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24 weeks

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