The serially mediated relationship between emerging adults’ social media use and mental well-being

Rasmussen, Eric E.; Punyanunt‐Carter, Narissra Maria; LaFreniere, Jenna R.; Norman, Mary S.; Kimball, Thomas G.

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2019.08.019

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“…Social alienation has been found related to the gratifications reported for violent games ( Slater, 2003 ), but social support through player communities has also been found to be a psychological resource for gamers ( Kaczmarek and Dra̧żkowski, 2014 ). This complexity matches overall findings that statistical relationships between digital media use and psychosocial wellbeing are statistically small, non-monotonic and shifting over time ( Yang et al, 2013 ; Przybylski and Weinstein, 2017 ; Ferguson and Wang, 2019 ; Jensen et al, 2019 ), and subject to complex mediation relationships ( Rasmussen et al, 2020 ). Indeed, factors like cyberbullying, sleep, and physical exercise have been found to attenuate negative relationships between digital media use and wellbeing, suggesting indirect causal pathways ( Viner et al, 2019 ).…”

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Can Worried Parents Predict Effects of Video Games on Their Children? A Case-Control Study of Cognitive Abilities, Addiction Indicators and Wellbeing

Lieberoth

Fiskaali

2021

Front. Psychol.

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Many parents worry over their children’s gaming habits, but to what extent do such worries match any detrimental effects of excessive gaming? We attempted to answer this question by comparing children of highly concerned parents with other adolescents of the same age. A cohort of parents who identified as highly concerned over their children’s video game habits were recruited for a public study in collaboration with a national television network. Using an online experimental platform in conjunction with surveys of parents’ beliefs and attitudes, we compared their children to age-matched peers in an exploratory case-control study. The scores of children with highly concerned parents on tests of cognitive control (cued task-switching and Iowa Gambling Task) and psychological wellbeing (WHO-5) were statistically similar to controls, suggesting no selective cognitive or psychological detriments from gaming or otherwise in the cases with concerned parents. The case group, however, did spend more time gaming, and scored higher than controls on problem gaming indicators (Gaming Addiction Scale), which also correlated negatively with wellbeing. Within the case group, wellbeing effects seemed mainly to consist in issues of relaxation and sleep, and related to gaming addiction indicators of playing to forget real-world problems, and the feeling of neglecting non-gaming activities. Where most results of research staged for TV never get published, making it difficult to interpret both methods and results, this paper describes findings and participant recruitment in detail. The relationship between parental concern and children’s gaming is discussed, as is the merits and challenges of research conducted with media, such as TV programs and their recruited on-screen participants.

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confidence: 82%

Can Worried Parents Predict Effects of Video Games on Their Children? A Case-Control Study of Cognitive Abilities, Addiction Indicators and Wellbeing

Lieberoth

Fiskaali

2021

Front. Psychol.

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“…Of the 16 selected research papers, there were a research focus on adults, gender, and preadolescents [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. In the design, there were qualitative and quantitative studies [15,16].…”

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“…Given the evidence from cross-sectional studies, it is not possible to conclude that the use of social networks causes mental health problems. Only three longitudinal studies examined the causal relationship between social media and mental health, which is hard to examine if the mental health problem appeared more pronounced in those who use social media more compared with those who use it less or do not use at all [19,20,24]. Next, despite the fact that the proposed relationship between social media and mental health is complex, a few studies investigated mediating factors that may contribute or exacerbate this relationship.…”

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Social Media Use and Its Connection to Mental Health: A Systematic Review

Karim¹,

Oyewande²,

Abdalla³

et al. 2020

Cureus

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Social media are responsible for aggravating mental health problems. This systematic study summarizes the effects of social network usage on mental health. Fifty papers were shortlisted from google scholar databases, and after the application of various inclusion and exclusion criteria, 16 papers were chosen and all papers were evaluated for quality. Eight papers were cross-sectional studies, three were longitudinal studies, two were qualitative studies, and others were systematic reviews. Findings were classified into two outcomes of mental health: anxiety and depression. Social media activity such as time spent to have a positive effect on the mental health domain. However, due to the cross-sectional design and methodological limitations of sampling, there are considerable differences. The structure of social media influences on mental health needs to be further analyzed through qualitative research and vertical cohort studies.

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“…Relief of negative emotions and psychological states along with emotional gains from smartphone use have been found to be significantly higher for Generation Z (individuals born between 1995 and 2015) [ 66 ] and could be an outcome of difficulties with emotion regulation, creating a vicious cycle sustaining overreliance for coping [ 67 ] and dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs among problematic users [ 68 ]. Smartphone unavailability and intolerance of uncertainty have been evidenced in problematic smartphone use [ 69 , 70 ], and affect perceived stress and mental wellbeing [ 71 ]. Concerns for the emotional and behavioural consequences of excessive smartphone and social media use have been addressed [ 9 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 ].…”

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Mind over Matter: Testing the Efficacy of an Online Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Distraction from Smartphone Use

Throuvala

Griffiths

Rennoldson

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Evidence suggests a growing call for the prevention of excessive smartphone and social media use and the ensuing distraction that arises affecting academic achievement and productivity. A ten-day online randomized controlled trial with the use of smartphone apps, engaging participants in mindfulness exercises, self-monitoring and mood tracking, was implemented amongst UK university students (n = 143). Participants were asked to complete online pre- and post-intervention assessments. Results indicated high effect sizes in reduction of smartphone distraction and improvement scores on a number of self-reported secondary psychological outcomes. The intervention was not effective in reducing habitual behaviours, nomophobia, or time spent on social media. Mediation analyses demonstrated that: (i) emotional self-awareness but not mindful attention mediated the relationship between intervention effects and smartphone distraction, and (ii) online vigilance mediated the relationship between smartphone distraction and problematic social media use. The present study provides preliminary evidence of the efficacy of an intervention for decreased smartphone distraction and highlights psychological processes involved in this emergent phenomenon in the smartphone literature. Online interventions may serve as complementary strategies to reduce distraction levels and promote insight into online engagement. More research is required to elucidate the mechanisms of digital distraction and assess its implications in problematic use.

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The serially mediated relationship between emerging adults’ social media use and mental well-being

Cited by 86 publications

References 57 publications

Can Worried Parents Predict Effects of Video Games on Their Children? A Case-Control Study of Cognitive Abilities, Addiction Indicators and Wellbeing

Can Worried Parents Predict Effects of Video Games on Their Children? A Case-Control Study of Cognitive Abilities, Addiction Indicators and Wellbeing

Social Media Use and Its Connection to Mental Health: A Systematic Review

Mind over Matter: Testing the Efficacy of an Online Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Distraction from Smartphone Use

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