The relationship among psychological distress, well-being and excessive social media use during the outbreak of Covid-19: A longitudinal investigation

IF 3.2 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Clinical psychology & psychotherapy Pub Date : 2023-04-13 DOI:10.1002/cpp.2853

Julia Brailovskaia, Juergen Margraf, Sara Ceccatelli, Fiammetta Cosci

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Abstract

Introduction

The corona pandemic has been a life event causing negative consequences on mental health. Mental health consists of positive and negative dimensions. The present longitudinal study investigated how positive and negative dimensions changed over 15 months after the Covid-19 outbreak. Potential changes of excessive social media use (SMU) and its relationship with mental health were also investigated.

Method

Data (N = 189) on distress (measured overall and as depression, anxiety, and stress), well-being and excessive SMU were collected at three time points (baseline, BL; 3-month follow-up, FU1; 15-month follow-up, FU2) via online surveys in Italy. Repeated analyses of variance were used to test differences among the three measurement time points. Mediational models were applied.

Results

Distress did not change over time, well-being decreased and excessive SMU increased significantly. The relationship between distress at BL and excessive SMU at FU2 was significant (total effect, c: p < .001). The relationship between distress at BL and well-being at FU1 (a: p < .001), and between well-being at FU1and excessive SMU at FU2 (b: p = .004) was significant. Including FU1 well-being in the model, the relationship between distress at BL and excessive SMU at FU2 was not significant (direct effect, c′: p = .078). The indirect effect (ab) was significant.

Conclusion

Well-being mediated the relationship between baseline stress and excessive SMU. Enhanced stress may reduce well-being which, in turn, increases the risk of excessive SMU. This emphasizes the urgency of programmes that foster well-being, especially during stressful events such as a pandemic.

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新冠肺炎爆发期间心理困扰、幸福感和过度使用社交媒体之间的关系：一项纵向调查。

引言：新冠疫情是一个对心理健康造成负面影响的生活事件。心理健康包括积极和消极两个方面。目前的纵向研究调查了正负维度在15年内的变化新冠肺炎爆发数月后。还调查了过度使用社交媒体（SMU）的潜在变化及其与心理健康的关系。方法：数据（N = 189）通过意大利的在线调查，在三个时间点（基线，BL；3个月随访，FU1；15个月随访（FU2）收集关于痛苦（总体和抑郁、焦虑和压力）、幸福感和过度SMU的数据。使用重复的方差分析来检验三个测量时间点之间的差异。采用了中介模型。结果：痛苦没有随着时间的推移而改变，幸福感下降，过度SMU显著增加。BL的痛苦和FU2的SMU过度之间的关系是显著的（总效应，c:p 结论：幸福感介导了基线应激与SMU过度之间的关系。压力增加可能会降低幸福感，进而增加SMU过度的风险。这强调了促进福祉的方案的紧迫性，尤其是在疫情等紧张事件期间。

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Clinical psychology & psychotherapy PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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期刊介绍： Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy aims to keep clinical psychologists and psychotherapists up to date with new developments in their fields. The Journal will provide an integrative impetus both between theory and practice and between different orientations within clinical psychology and psychotherapy. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy will be a forum in which practitioners can present their wealth of expertise and innovations in order to make these available to a wider audience. Equally, the Journal will contain reports from researchers who want to address a larger clinical audience with clinically relevant issues and clinically valid research.