scholarly journals Testing the effects of Facebook usage in an ethnically polarized setting

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (25) ◽  
pp. e2022819118
Author(s):  
Nejla Asimovic ◽  
Jonathan Nagler ◽  
Richard Bonneau ◽  
Joshua A. Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Intergroup Dynamics ◽  
Interethnic Relations ◽  
Current Events ◽  
The Impact

Despite the belief that social media is altering intergroup dynamics—bringing people closer or further alienating them from one another—the impact of social media on interethnic attitudes has yet to be rigorously evaluated, especially within areas with tenuous interethnic relations. We report results from a randomized controlled trial in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), exploring the effects of exposure to social media during 1 wk around genocide remembrance in July 2019 on a set of interethnic attitudes of Facebook users. We find evidence that, counter to preregistered expectations, people who deactivated their Facebook profiles report lower regard for ethnic outgroups than those who remained active. Moreover, we present additional evidence suggesting that this effect is likely conditional on the level of ethnic heterogeneity of respondents’ residence. We also extend the analysis to include measures of subjective well-being and knowledge of news. Here, we find that Facebook deactivation leads to suggestive improvements in subjective wellbeing and a decrease in knowledge of current events, replicating results from recent research in the United States in a very different context, thus increasing our confidence in the generalizability of these effects.

scholarly journals Social Media and the Quality of Subjective Well-Being; Counseling Perspective in Digital Era

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zadrian Ardi ◽  
Indah Sukmawati
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Social Community ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

Various studies in the information technology revealed that there has been a change in the trend of internet use in recent years. Internet users in the world prefer to spend time accessing the internet through the social media. Social media with a variety of platforms provides special communities with their own uniqueness and allows users to share lots of content. The members involves creates a new social community with various phenomena, both positive and negative. Counselors in the millennium era are required to have the insight andknowledge that is qualified to deal with the well being conditions of individuals from activities in social media. Counselors are also required to have specific skills in providing handling with the condition of well being individuals related to the impact of activities on social media.

scholarly journals The Contribution of Social Media and Mobile Application to Individual Subjective Well-Being in Counseling Perspective

10.32698/0571 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Zadrian Ardi ◽  
Indah Sukmawati
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Major Change ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Wireless Devices ◽  
Mental Health Interventions ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

Various researches in information technology, especially in the era of industrial revolution 4.0 have revealed that there has been a major change in the use of wireless devices in the past decade. The high internet usage is directly proportional to the use of social media which is increasing every year. Social media in principle provides various communities in accordance with the purpose and development goals of the platform. This of course will arouse the arena of new problems at the client's life level, thus becoming a challenge for counselors in the era of industrial revolution 4.0. Counselors in this era are required to have a deeper understanding of the root causes that might arise from the online world. Counselors are also required to have special skills in handling individual welfare conditions related to the impact of activities on social media. This study discusses the general impact of social media on individual subjective well-being conditions. This study involved 174 respondents spread throughout the territory of Indonesia by its demography. The results showed that respondents needed mental health interventions through online channels and not in the form of social media.

scholarly journals Collecting Social Media Information in a Substance Use Intervention Trial With Adolescent Girls With Lifetime Substance Use History: Observational Study

10.2196/25405 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. e25405
Author(s):  
Lili M C Ramos ◽  
Joseline Delgadillo ◽  
Sarah Vélez ◽  
Emily Dauria ◽  
Jamie Salas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Developmentally Appropriate ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Intervention Trial ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
The Impact

Background Adolescents with juvenile legal system contact face numerous barriers to participation in behavioral health intervention research, including housing disruption, legal privacy concerns, and systems mistrust. Technology, such as social media, may be a novel and developmentally appropriate adolescent research study engagement and retention tool. Objective We examined data on social media information collected for study retention purposes from adolescents participating in a substance use intervention trial. Methods Data were collected as part of a randomized controlled trial determining efficacy of a group-based substance use intervention for girls and young women (12-24 years) with substance use histories referred from legal and school systems in the United States. Baseline demographic and social media information was analyzed from the subset of 114 adolescent girls (mean age 15.7 years; range 13-18 years), of whom 31.6% (36/114) were legally involved, 87.7% (100/114) belonged to minoritized racial/ethnic groups, and 32.5% (37/114) received public assistance. Results Most girls (74/114, 64.9%) provided at least one social media account (Instagram, 95% [70/74]; Facebook, 27% [20/74]; and Twitter, 11% [8/74]) during study enrollment. Legally involved girls were significantly less likely to provide social media information than school-referred girls (44% [16/36] versus 74% [58/78]; χ21 [N=114]=9.68, P=.002). Conclusions Obtaining social media information for study retention purposes from adolescent girls with lifetime substance use appears possible; however, particular subgroups (ie, legally involved girls) may be less likely to provide accounts. Factors shaping legally involved girls’ willingness to provide social media information, including mistrust and privacy concerns, and the impact of researcher’s access to social media information on study retention are critical directions for future research. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02293057; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02293057

scholarly journals USING SOCIAL MEDIA AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2020 ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
Illia Yahiiaiev ◽  
Alina Novoselska ◽  
Vladyslava Keller ◽  
Marta Savych
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Fear And Anxiety ◽  
The Impact

The relevance of the topic is related to the psychosocial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is to study the subjective well-being during the beginning of the pandemic and introduction of the quarantine measures and their connection to social media activity. The methods employed in the present study include various types of questionnaires, namely the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) (Watson, Clark & Tellegen, 1988), the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) (Diener, Emmnos, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985), the General Self-Efficacy Scale (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995), and an original questionnaire developed to study the impact of the pandemic and the respondents' understanding and perceptions of it. The findings of the quantitative analysis show that the subjective well-being during the pandemic is connected to the use of social media, life satisfaction, health risks assessments and economic consequences, leisure time and the level of self-efficacy. A qualitative analysis indicates that at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine the negative predictions of the consequences of both the pandemic and the implemented quarantine measures prevail among the subjects. A longitudinal study during one month has found a reduction in health concerns, and respondents began to assess the threat to their health and economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic as less serious than at the beginning. Thus, it can be concluded that from a short-term perspective the negative affect, especially the levels of fear and anxiety, decreased, whereas the level of the positive affect did not change.

Beyond Money: Progress on an Economy of Well-Being

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ed Diener ◽  
Martin E. P. Seligman
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Indicators ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Impact

In our 2004 “Beyond Money” article, we argued that national accounts of psychological and subjective well-being should complement the economic indicators that frequently guide policy decisions. We claimed that economic indicators fail to reflect important aspects of quality of life that well-being indicators capture. Since the time of our article, progress has been made, and scores of nations have used some forms of well-being measures. The National Academy of Sciences of the United States and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development both issued reports on accounts of well-being. Researchers have pointed to policies that are supported by the findings, such as environmental and economic policies. The emergence of “big data” has opened major new pathways for measuring well-being in inexpensive, unobtrusive, and nonreactive fashion. Psychological researchers now need to create superordinate combinations of subjective and objective measures of well-being to study the impact of the policies they advocate. The accounts can serve as a lever for convincing policymakers to enact policies that increase human flourishing.

scholarly journals Impact of Navratras Festivals on the Subjective Well Being of Vegetarian Customers in Hospitality Sector

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-338
Author(s):  
Arvind K Birdie
Keyword(s):  
Fast Food ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
The Impact

Festivals are part of living in India and are known for bringing upliftment in moods and well beings of individuals. With the changing lifestyle in metros, young generations are in transition of adopting new modern cultural and food habits such as dining out. The present paper studies the impact of Navratras festival on subjective wellbeing of vegetarian customers in fast food joints and hotels. The paper employed a survey research design and convenient critical analysis from vegetarian customers and hoteliers. The sample (N250) was customers in all categories hotels and fast food joints in Delhi NCR. Data was collected using questions adapted from standardized tool of Sell and Nagpal’s The Subjective Wellbeing Inventory (1992) and an interview schedule was adopted. Findings revealed that celebrating Navratras outside reflects changing life style and has a positive impact on customers’ subjective wellbeing.Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-4: 333-338

scholarly journals SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES USAGE AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC CONDITIONS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Illya YAGIYAYEV ◽  
◽  
Alina NOVOSELSKA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
The Impact

The relevance of the topic is related to the psychosocial consequences of the COVID19 pandemic. The aim is to study the subjective well-being during the beginning of the pandemic and introduction of the quarantine measures and their connection to social media activity. The methods employed in the present study include various types of questionnaires, namely the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) (Watson, Clark & Tellegen, 1988), the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) (Diener, Emmnos, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985), the General Self-Efficacy Scale (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995), and an original questionnaire developed to study the impact of the pandemic and the respondents’ understanding and perceptions of it. The findings of the quantitative analysis show that the subjective well-being during the pandemic is connected to the use of social media, life satisfaction, health risks assessments and economic consequences, leisure time and the level of self-efficacy. A qualitative analysis indicates that at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine the negative predictions of the consequences of both the pandemic and the implemented quarantine measures prevail among the subjects. A longitudinal study during one month has found a reduction in health concerns, and respondents began to assess the threat to their health and economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic as less serious than at the beginning. Thus, it can be concluded that from a short-term perspective the negative affect, especially the levels of fear and anxiety, decreased, whereas the level of the positive affect did not change. Keywords: psychological well-being, subjective well-being, pandemic, life satisfaction, social media, conspiracy theories, COVID-19.

scholarly journals Dimensions of Job Quality, Mechanisms, and Subjective Well-Being in the United States

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Horowitz
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Job Security ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Individual Task ◽  
Quality Dimensions ◽  
The Impact

How does job quality predict subjective well-being in the United States? Prior research suggests that various job quality dimensions such as job security and individual task discretion affect subjective well-being, but the theoretical mechanisms are implied rather than tested and aspects of job quality are rarely tested together. I use structural equation modeling and General Social Survey data to assess the impact of five job quality dimensions-individual task discretion, monetary compensation, job security, low work intensity, and safe work conditions-on subjective well-being. Then, I show that job quality influences subjective well-being by improving social life, altering class identification, affecting physical health, and increased amount of leisure time. Finally, while I find that job quality dimensions do have statistically significant effects on subjective well-being, the way in which job quality affects subjective well-being differs by job dimension. In other words, job quality has a statistically significant impact on subjective well-being, but different job quality domains are connected to subjective well-being in different ways.Keywords: work, job quality, subjective well-being, happiness

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