Social Media as Source of Information, Stress Symptoms, and Burden Caused by Coronavirus (COVID-19)

IF 3.9 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

European Psychologist Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI:10.1027/1016-9040/a000452

J. Brailovskaia, J. Margraf, S. Schneider

引用次数: 6

Abstract

Abstract. This cross-national study investigated the extent of social media use (SMU) as a source of information about COVID-19, and its relationship with the experienced burden caused by the pandemic. Representative data from eight countries (France, Germany, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the UK, the USA) were collected online (end of May to the beginning of June 2020). Of the overall 8,302 participants, 48.1% frequently used social media (SM) as a COVID-19 information source (range: 31.8% in Germany, to 65.4% in Poland). In the overall samples and in all country-specific samples, regression analyses revealed the experienced burden caused by COVID-19 to be positively associated with SMU and stress symptoms. Furthermore, stress symptoms partly mediated the relationship between SMU and the burden. The results emphasize the significant association between the use of SM as a source of information, individual emotional state, and behavior during the pandemic, as well as the significance of conscious and accurate use of SM specifically during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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社交媒体作为冠状病毒(COVID-19)引起的信息来源、压力症状和负担

摘要这项跨国家研究调查了社交媒体使用（SMU）作为新冠肺炎信息来源的程度，及其与大流行造成的负担的关系。在线收集了来自八个国家（法国、德国、波兰、俄罗斯、西班牙、瑞典、英国、美国）的代表性数据（2020年5月底至6月初）。在8302名参与者中，48.1%的人经常使用社交媒体（SM）作为新冠肺炎信息来源（范围：德国31.8%，波兰65.4%）。在总体样本和所有国家特定样本中，回归分析显示，新冠肺炎造成的经验负担与SMU和压力症状呈正相关。此外，应激症状在一定程度上介导了SMU与负担之间的关系。研究结果强调了SM作为信息来源的使用、个人情绪状态和大流行期间的行为之间的显著关联，以及特别是在新冠肺炎爆发期间有意识和准确使用SM的重要性。

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European Psychologist PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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