The effect of self-monitoring limited social media use on psychological well-being.

M. Faulhaber, J. Lee, D. Gentile
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An experimental study was conducted to investigate the effect of self-monitoring limited social media usage on psychological wellbeing. After completing pretest measures, 230 undergraduate students from a large Midwestern university were randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions: either limit their social media usage to 30 min a day or to use social media as usual. After 2 weeks of limiting, the self-monitored group showed significant improvements in their psychological well-being. Anxiety, depression, loneliness, fear of missing out, and negative affect decreased while positive affect increased. These results suggest that limiting social media usage may improve psychological well-being on multiple dimensions. This study is one of the first to experimentally investigate feasible alternatives to social media use abstinence or experimenter-managed limitation. Future studies could investigate motivations and mechanisms of social media use through qualitative explorations.
自我监控限制了社交媒体使用对心理健康的影响。
一项实验研究旨在调查自我监控有限社交媒体使用对心理健康的影响。在完成测试前的测试后,来自中西部一所大型大学的230名本科生被随机分配到两种实验条件中的一种:要么将他们的社交媒体使用时间限制在每天30分钟,要么像往常一样使用社交媒体。两周后,自我监控组的心理健康状况有了显著改善。焦虑、抑郁、孤独、害怕错过和消极影响减少,而积极影响增加。这些结果表明,限制社交媒体的使用可能会在多个方面改善心理健康。这项研究是首次通过实验调查社交媒体使用节制或实验者管理限制的可行替代方案之一。未来的研究可以通过定性探索来调查社交媒体使用的动机和机制。
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