The COVID-19 infodemic at your fingertips. Reciprocal relationships between COVID-19 information FOMO, bedtime smartphone news engagement, and daytime tiredness over time

Koban, Kevin; Neureiter, Ariadne; Stević, Anja; Matthes, Jörg

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2021.107175

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“…In problematic smartphone use model, FoMO partially mediated the relationship between perceived COVID-19-related restrictions and problematic smartphone use. The results supported that perceived COVID-19-related restrictions is positively associated with FoMO, FoMO mediates the association between perceived COVID-19-related restrictions and problematic smartphone use among college students, and indicated that FoMO had an important influence on problematic smartphone use during the epidemic closure, which is consistent with previous research ( 17 ). According to self-determination theory, epidemic closure disrupts the rhythm of students' lives, and college students are fundamentally different from junior and senior high school students in that junior and senior high school students are subject to certain restrictions in their daily lives even if they do not undergo epidemic closure ( 36 ).…”

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“…COVID-19-related restrictions break down people's autonomy, competence and relatedness, and spatial and social restrictions compromise these three basic needs, creating FoMO. In addition, a study by Koban confirmed that an increase in epidemic-related FoMO can affect a person's level of mental health and contribute to daytime fatigue ( 17 ). Thus, FoMO may mediate the relationship between COVID-19-related restrictions and problematic smartphone use or levels of mental health.…”

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confidence: 97%

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The relationship between COVID-19-related restrictions and fear of missing out, problematic smartphone use, and mental health in college students: The moderated moderation effect of resilience and social support

Gong

Liu

Jiao

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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As one of the groups most affected by the epidemic, the mental health of college students during the epidemic is a focus of attention in multiple fields. Based on resource conservation theory, this study investigates the impact of COVID-19-related restrictions on college students' problematic smartphone use and mental health from two perspectives, students' individual factors and external environmental factors, and specifically explores the role of fear of missing out (FoMO), resilience and social support in this context. This study used a questionnaire method, and to control for common method bias, a multitemporal data collection strategy was used. The study used online questionnaire distribution, the final sample included 975 Chinese college students (497 males and 478 females), and of these, 10.3% were freshmen, 31.9% were sophomores, 31.6% were juniors, 12.3% were seniors, and 13.9% were postgraduates. The results of this study showed the following: (1) Perceived COVID-19-related strain was positively correlated with perceived FoMO, problematic smartphone use and mental health problems (depression, anxiety, stress) among college students. (2) FoMO partially mediated the relationship between perceived COVID-19-related restrictions and problematic smartphone use, and it fully mediated the relationship between perceived COVID-19-related restrictions and mental health problems. (3) Resilience and social support co-moderated the relationship between FoMO and problematic smartphone use or mental health problems (depression, anxiety, stress).

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confidence: 97%

The relationship between COVID-19-related restrictions and fear of missing out, problematic smartphone use, and mental health in college students: The moderated moderation effect of resilience and social support

Gong

Liu

Jiao

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…The uncertain and rapidly changing nature of the pandemic, coupled with shelter-in-place and work-from-home orders in the first year of the pandemic, increased access to and demand for information about COVID-19 [ 1 , 2 ]. News consumption increased across multiple forms of media, including increases in television news viewership, daily visits to news websites, and the use of mobile phones to monitor pandemic updates [ 3 - 5 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

The Mental Health Impact of Daily News Exposure During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

Kellerman¹,

Hamilton²,

Selby³

et al. 2022

JMIR Ment Health

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Background Consumption of distressing news media, which substantially increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, has demonstrable negative effects on mental health. Objective This study examines the proximal impact of daily exposure to news about COVID-19 on mental health in the first year of the pandemic. Methods A sample of 546 college students completed daily ecological momentary assessments (EMAs) for 8 weeks, measuring exposure to news about COVID-19, worry and optimism specifically related to COVID-19, hopelessness, and general worry. Results Participants completed >80,000 surveys. Multilevel mediation models indicated that greater daily exposure to news about COVID-19 is associated with higher same-day and next-day worry about the pandemic. Elevations in worry specifically about COVID-19 were in turn associated with greater next-day hopelessness and general worry. Optimism about COVID-19 mediated the relationship between daily exposure to COVID-19 news and next-day general worry but was not related to hopelessness. Conclusions This study demonstrates the mental health impact of daily exposure to COVID-19 news and highlights how worry about the pandemic contributes over time to hopelessness and general worry.

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“…The first kind of pathway is feeling extremely scared → prolonged smartphone use → depression, indicating that feeling extremely scared could be associated with depression through the mediating role of prolonged smartphone use. Participants feeling extremely scared may hope to get as much information about the pandemic as possible or seek alleviation of their fear and distress through online activities, such as watching TV, gaming, shopping, and communicating through smartphones (67)(68)(69). Volpe et al observed a rise in problematic internet use, social media addiction, and problematic video gaming during COVID-19.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fear of COVID-19, prolonged smartphone use, sleep disturbances, and depression in the time of COVID-19: A nation-wide survey

Líu²,

Qiu³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychiatry

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BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a wide range of behavioral and psychological effects on the general population. This study examined the relationship between fear of COVID-19, daily smartphone use, sleep disturbance, and depression in the general population during the early stage of COVID-19.MethodsAn online nation-wide survey was conducted from March 20 to April 10, 2020. Sociodemographic information, including age, gender, educational attainment, vocation, and duration of self-isolation, was collected; fear of COVID-19 and other objective exposures, daily hours of smartphone use, night sleep duration, sleep disturbance, and depressive symptoms were measured with structured questions and PHQ-9. There were 1,280 questionnaires in total, and 1,250 valid questionnaires remained.ResultsThe prevalence of sleep disturbance and depression were found to be 13.1 and 10.7%, respectively. Feelings of extreme fear, longer smartphone use, difficulty initiating sleep, and early morning awakening were significant risk factors for depression. Daily hours of smartphone use, difficulty initiating sleep, and early morning awakening partially mediated the association between feeling extremely scared of the pandemic and depression.ConclusionPsychological interventions in a major public health crisis should focus more on the subjective perception of pandemic fear. At the same time, daily smartphone use and sleep disturbances could serve as targets for monitoring and intervention for depression during a pandemic.

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The COVID-19 infodemic at your fingertips. Reciprocal relationships between COVID-19 information FOMO, bedtime smartphone news engagement, and daytime tiredness over time

Cited by 23 publications

References 70 publications

The relationship between COVID-19-related restrictions and fear of missing out, problematic smartphone use, and mental health in college students: The moderated moderation effect of resilience and social support

The relationship between COVID-19-related restrictions and fear of missing out, problematic smartphone use, and mental health in college students: The moderated moderation effect of resilience and social support

The Mental Health Impact of Daily News Exposure During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

Fear of COVID-19, prolonged smartphone use, sleep disturbances, and depression in the time of COVID-19: A nation-wide survey

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