Johannes Thrul, Janardan Devkota, Dahlia AlJuboori, Timothy Regan, Saud Alomairah, Carol Vidal
{"title":"Social Media Reduction or Abstinence Interventions Are Providing Mental Health Benefits-Reanalysis of a Published Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Johannes Thrul, Janardan Devkota, Dahlia AlJuboori, Timothy Regan, Saud Alomairah, Carol Vidal","doi":"10.1037/ppm0000574","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ppm0000574","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A recent meta-analysis published in this journal included 27 studies that experimentally manipulated social media use and investigated their impact on mental health outcomes (Ferguson, 2024). The author concluded that social media effects were not statistically different from zero. However, this meta-analysis did not investigate potential moderating effects of length of social media reduction or abstinence interventions. We conducted a reanalysis to investigate the impact of social media reduction/abstinence intervention length on mental health outcomes. We used the information available on the Open Science Framework platform related to the original meta-analysis and excluded seven studies because they were not reduction/abstinence interventions. We categorized studies into those with intervention lengths of <1 versus 1 week or longer and also tested for curvilinear relationships between intervention length (weeks and days as continuous variables) and outcomes by including quadratic terms. Stratified analyses indicated that interventions of <1 week resulted in significantly worse mental health outcomes (<i>d</i> = -0.175), while interventions of 1 week or longer resulted in significant improvements (<i>d</i> = 0.156). Analyses of intervention length as continuous moderator included 19 studies and showed significant quadratic effects for number of weeks (<i>p</i> = .013) and number of days (<i>p</i> = .018). These findings suggest that social media use reduction/abstinence interventions should have a minimum length of 1 week or longer to confer mental health benefits. An ideal intervention length may be around 3 weeks, but future research is needed to confirm this.</p>","PeriodicalId":29936,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Popular Media","volume":"14 2","pages":"207-209"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12125955/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144200244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nausikaä Brimmel, Patricia Bijttebier, Steven Eggermont
{"title":"Associations between intentions for affective social media content choices and depressive symptoms in adolescence: A cross-sectional investigation of media response styles as moderators.","authors":"Nausikaä Brimmel, Patricia Bijttebier, Steven Eggermont","doi":"10.1037/ppm0000510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000510","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29936,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Popular Media","volume":"22 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139446592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From inglorious basterds, aliens, and hobbits: The structure of fictional film genre preferences and its relationship with time perspective and individual time span orientation.","authors":"Kati Nowack","doi":"10.1037/ppm0000520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000520","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29936,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Popular Media","volume":"42 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139448039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lindsay C. Morton, Giavanna Villano, Emily Faltings, Nicole Coccodrilli
{"title":"Stop the stigma: TED Talk reduces negative attitudes about mental health treatment.","authors":"Lindsay C. Morton, Giavanna Villano, Emily Faltings, Nicole Coccodrilli","doi":"10.1037/ppm0000518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000518","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29936,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Popular Media","volume":"39 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139448263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marvin Evans, Michael Glassman, Menglin Xu, Lixiang Gao
{"title":"Social connection, social exploration, social and platform constraints: The construction and validation of a social media user perception scale.","authors":"Marvin Evans, Michael Glassman, Menglin Xu, Lixiang Gao","doi":"10.1037/ppm0000515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000515","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29936,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Popular Media","volume":"64 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138952905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Feeling better or worse? Women’s social comparison to romantic ideal and challenge content.","authors":"V. Kretz, Veronica Hefner","doi":"10.1037/ppm0000509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000509","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29936,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Popular Media","volume":"54 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138593698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew A. Lapierre, Holly E. Shortt, Cecilia Sada Garibay
{"title":"A content analysis method for coding movie content using movie trailers.","authors":"Matthew A. Lapierre, Holly E. Shortt, Cecilia Sada Garibay","doi":"10.1037/ppm0000514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000514","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29936,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Popular Media","volume":"42 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138593579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supplemental Material for A Content Analysis Method for Coding Movie Content Using Movie Trailers","authors":"","doi":"10.1037/ppm0000514.supp","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000514.supp","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29936,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Popular Media","volume":"16 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138603427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“I see dead people”: Exploring the associations between watching horror and belief in the paranormal.","authors":"Femke Geusens","doi":"10.1037/ppm0000513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000513","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29936,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Popular Media","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139199539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The additive effects of interactivity, immersion, and eudaimonia for stress reduction and mood management: A randomized controlled study on games and virtual reality.","authors":"Mehmet Kosa, M. Johnson-Glenberg","doi":"10.1037/ppm0000512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000512","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29936,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Popular Media","volume":"540 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139231021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}