Associations between undergraduates’ interpersonal relationships and mental health in perspective of social network analysis

Int J Ment Health Addiction

Liu

et al. 2022

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During the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in China, people spent a lot of time viewing or listening to COVID-19-related media content. And according to the conservation of resources theory, COVID-19-related media exposure would be related to multiple psychological outcomes, and different contents would have different associations with different psychological outcomes. Therefore, the present study aimed to clarify these relationships and find out the most important psychological outcome correlated with COVID-19-related media exposure. An online survey was conducted to collect information about individuals’ media use behaviors and mental health status. A total of 917 participants were included in further analyses. The results proved that different kinds of content had different relationships with different psychological outcomes. To be more specific, the content about people being heroic and speeches from experts and the authorities were related to increases of positive affect, while reports from hospitals were correlated with increases of death anxiety. Moreover, positive affect was central nodes of the network. The current findings indicated viewing objective and positive content was associated with positive psychological outcomes while viewing negative one was correlated with negative psychological outcomes. Furthermore, positive affect was the most important psychological outcome related to COVID-19-related media exposure.

Section: Correlation Network Analysismentioning

confidence: 80%

Network Analysis of Media Exposure and Psychological Outcomes During the Initial Outbreak of COVID-19 in China

Int J Ment Health Addiction

Liu

et al. 2022

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“…Betweenness centrality indicates the number of times the given node is on the shortest path between two other nodes. Closeness centrality is the inverse total length of the shortest path from the given node to all other nodes [ 45 - 47 ]. In general, the higher these centrality indices a node has, the more central it is in the network.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Closeness centrality is the inverse total length of the shortest path from the given node to all other nodes. [45][46][47] In general, the higher these centrality indices a node has, the more central it is in the network. That is, a node with higher centrality indices indicates that the variable represented by this node is closely connected with other variables.…”

Section: Correlation Network Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

What Are the Differences in Psychological Outcomes Between People Who Posted COVID-19-Related Content on Social Media and Those Who Did Not?

Xue

et al. 2023

Psychiatry Investig

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Objective During the lockdown of cities and home quarantine, media became the only way for people to conveniently get coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)-related information. And media engagement was closely related to psychological outcomes. But fewer researchers took COVID-19-related posting behaviors into consideration. Therefore, the present study aimed at examining the differences in psychological outcomes between people who posted COVID-19-related content on social media and those who did not.Methods The present study included 917 participants (304 males, 613 females) who had answered the questionnaires of media engagement, positive affect, negative affect, depression, anxiety, stress, satisfaction with life, death anxiety, and meaning in life.Results Results of t-tests showed that the Post group had lower levels of negative affect, anxiety, stress, and death anxiety than the Not Post (Npost) group. Network comparison tests indicated that the Npost group’s network and the Post group’s network differed in global strength, two edge-weights, and node centrality indices.Conclusion The results indicated that more attention should be paid to people who did not post any COVID-19-related content, especially when they have higher levels of stress and depression to prevent comorbidities. And for people who posted content, more attention should be paid when they have a higher level of negative affect.

“…In the present study, person‐level statistical methods could have more utility (Walrath, Petras, Mandell, Stephens, Holden & Leaf, 2004 ; Zhang, Li, Ren & Liu, 2021 ). Because, indeed, few people only viewed or listened to one kind of media content (Wang, Gao, Chen, Ying, Tan & Liu, 2020 ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 92%

Exposure to COVID‐19‐related media content and mental health during the initial outbreak of COVID‐19 in China

Liu

Scandinavian J Psychology

2022

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Exposure to disaster‐related media content is closely related to mental health. This study aimed to explore the patterns of COVID‐19‐related media exposure and examine whether these patterns were associated with mental health. In total, 917 participants in this study completed the Media Exposure Questionnaire (MEQ), the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS), and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS‐21). Then latent class analysis and discriminant analysis were conducted to identify the patterns of media exposure. Finally, we tested how mental health was associated with such patterns. Four subtypes of media exposure were identified: the slightly exposed group, the lower‐moderately exposed group, the higher‐moderately exposed group, and the heavily exposed group. And there were significant differences in individuals' levels of positive and negative affect among different subtypes, but no difference in depression, anxiety, and stress. The results of the current study indicated that more COVID‐19‐related media exposure was related to increased positive and negative affect. And the current findings would help people to better understand the relationships between media exposure and mental health during a pandemic.