Perceived Stress, Social Support and Social Media Addiction in University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

There are many different debates regarding the time spent on Instagram by social media addiction and life satisfaction. In consequence, in this research, it is aimed to reveal the variables that predict the time spent on Instagram by university students. The research is done in accordance with the causal and correlation model by using a quantitative research method. The results of the research are predicted by the time spent on Instagram, gender, age and social media addiction. Time spent on Instagram differentiates in accordance with the level of social media addiction (Sig = 0.00, p < 0.05) but does not differentiate by life satisfaction (Sig = 0.06, p > 0.05). As social media addiction increases, life satisfaction decreases (r = −0.19). Women spent 0.42 times more time, and the women at the age of 21–22 years spent 0.38 times more time on Instagram. Keywords: Instagram, life satisfaction, social media, addiction.

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1095 Use Of Mobile Devices At Night Associated With Mental Health In Young Adults

SLEEP ◽

10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.1090 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. A416-A417

Author(s):

B Mason ◽

A Tubbs ◽

L Hale ◽

C Branas ◽

M Barrett ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Support ◽

Social Media ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Technology Use ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Short Sleep Duration ◽

Patient Health ◽

Device Use ◽

Healthy Activity

Abstract Introduction Mobile technology use in bed is becoming commonplace and associated with habitual short sleep duration. The present study examined whether device use at night was related to mental health. Methods Data from the Sleep and Healthy Activity, Diet, Environment, and Socialization (SHADES) study comes from a community-based sample, which was restricted to N=473 between the ages of 22-29. Device use was assessed as presence in the room at night, any use at night, texting, emailing, browsing the internet, making or receiving calls, and using social media. Participants were also asked how often they are woken by a call/alert from their phone (unplanned), how often they are woken by their phone alarm (planned), and how often they check their phone at night. These were recorded as never, rarely, some nights, almost every night, and every night, and were assessed as an ordinal outcome. Predictors included score on the Patient Health Questionnaire depression scale (PHQ9), GAD7 anxiety scale, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). Ordinal logistic regression analyses were adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, and income. Results Depression was associated with texting (oOR=1.03, p=0.025), email (oOR=1.03, p=0.022), internet (oOR=1.05, p=0.003), unplanned awakenings (oOR=1.05, p=0.001), and checking the phone (oOR=1.09, p<0.0005). Anxiety was associated with texting (oOR=1.05, p=0.001), email (oOR=1.05, p=0.001), internet (oOR=1.05, p=0.002), social media (oOR=1.04, p=0.009), unplanned awakenings (oOR=1.06, p<0.0005), planned awakenings (oOR=1.04, p=0.025), and checking the phone (oOR=1.10, p<0.0005). Perceived stress was associated with internet (oOR=1.02, p=0.034), unplanned awakenings (oOR=1.02, p=0.045), and checking (oOR=1.04, p<0.0005). Social support was associated with decreased checking (oOR=0.98, p=0.018). Conclusion Mobile device use at night itself is not associated with mental health, but specific activities may be. Also, those who report more disruptions from the device and more checking of the device also report worse mental health. Relationships might be bidirectional. Support Dr. Grandner is supported by R01MD011600 The SHADES study was funded by R21ES022931

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The Relationship between Leisure Satisfaction and Social Media Addictions of Individuals at University

Journal of Educational Issues ◽

10.5296/jei.v7i1.18592 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 507

Author(s):

Yesim Avunduk

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

University Students ◽

Personal Information ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Age Groups ◽

Leisure Satisfaction ◽

Satisfaction Scale ◽

Social Media Addiction ◽

Pearson Correlation Test ◽

The Relationship

This study aimed to determine the relationship between leisure satisfaction and social media addiction of university students. The study group of the research was formed by the voluntary participation of 193 students (133 male and 60 female), studying at the School of Physical Education and Sports of Istanbul Gelişim University. In addition to the personal information form, the “Leisure Satisfaction Scale (LSS)” developed by Beard and Raghep (1980) and adapted into Turkish by Gökçe and Orhan (2011), and the “Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS)” developed by Bakır Ayğar and Uzun (2018) were used as data collection tools. After the data showed normal distribution in the Kolmogrov-Smirnov normality test, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation test were used in the analysis. The level of significance in the study was set at 0.05. In the research findings; gender and age groups of individuals affect their leisure time satisfaction levels; It has also been found that age groups affect social media addiction. As a result, it was determined that leisure satisfaction levels and social media addiction changed according to various variables of university students, and a negative significant relationship was found between leisure satisfaction and social media addiction.

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The Relations Between Social Media Addiction and Negative Body Perception in Turkish University Students

International Journal of Academic Medicine and Pharmacy ◽

10.29228/jamp.51531 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol Volum: 3, Issue: 3 (Volum: 3, Issue: 3) ◽

pp. 239-244

Author(s):

İlkay Güney Sabancı ◽

Habib Erensoy ◽

Melek Gözde Luş

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

University Students ◽

Body Perception ◽

Social Media Addiction ◽

Turkish University Students

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Social Media Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Associations with Social and Emotional Wellbeing (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.26513 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Alison B Tuck ◽

Renee J Thompson

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

College Students ◽

Social Media ◽

Media Use ◽

Emotional Wellbeing ◽

Social Media Use ◽

Social Media Addiction ◽

Social And Emotional ◽

Related Stress ◽

Social And Emotional Wellbeing

BACKGROUND Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced the frequency of in-person social interactions. College students were highly impacted since many universities transferred curriculum from in-person to entirely online, physically separating students with little notice. With social distancing, college students’ use of social media likely fundamentally changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, possibly holding implications for wellbeing. OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to determine how (a) components of social media use (weekly frequency, time per day, habitual use, engagement, enjoyment, addiction, mood impact) changed from before to during COVID-19; (b) these changes in social media use were associated with pandemic-related social and emotional wellbeing; and (c) social media use and changes in use during the pandemic were associated with loneliness among college students. METHODS Participants (N = 176) were surveyed during the time their university campus was operating online. Participants completed the same social media use questionnaires twice, once with regard to the month preceding the onset of COVID-19, and again with regard to the month since this time. They also reported the extent to which they experienced perceived change in social support resulting from the pandemic, pandemic-related stress, and loneliness. RESULTS We found that, after the onset of COVID-19, participants showed an increase in daily time spent on social media, t(169) = 5.53, d = 0.42, p < .001, habitual use, t(173) = 3.60, d = 0.27, p < .001, and addiction, t(173) = 4.96, d = 0.38, p < .001; further, enjoyment on social media decreased, t(173) = -2.10, d = -0.16, p = .04; and the mood impact of social media activities became more negative, t(172) = -3.76, d = -0.29, p < .001. Increased perceived social support during COVID was associated with changes in frequency of social media use, time per day, addiction, and engagement (rs > .18). Pandemic-related stress was associated with changes in social media addiction and the extent to which one’s social media content was related to the pandemic (rs > .20). Loneliness was positively associated with social media addiction (r = .26) and negatively associated with social media engagement (r = -.19) during the pandemic. Loneliness was also negatively associated with changes in habit and engagement (rs < -.15). CONCLUSIONS Findings suggest that components of social media use are associated with both positive and negative pandemic-related social outcomes, but largely negative pandemic-related emotional outcomes. Further, some components of social media use are positively associated with loneliness (e.g., addiction) while others show a negative association (e.g., engagement). These findings provide a more nuanced picture of how social media use is associated with social and emotional wellbeing during the time of a global health crisis when in-person interactions are scarce.

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