Examining the Direction of Effects Between COVID-19 Experiences, General Well-Being, Social Media Engagement, and Insomnia Symptoms Among University Students

Dubar, Royette T.; Watkins, Nicole K.; Hill, Grant C.

doi:10.1177/21676968211051161

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“…Such online contact, commonly through social media use, was protective against loneliness, anxiety, and depressive symptoms among adults (Juvonen et al, 2021). However, prolonged social media use predicted worse COVID-19 experiences 5 months later (Dubar et al, 2021). Information overload from social media use also leads to fatigue among young adults, culminating in emotional stress and social anxiety (Pang, 2021).…”

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Social media use and its impact on adults' mental health and well‐being: A scoping review

Koh,

Ow Yong,

Lee

et al. 2024

Worldviews Ev Based Nurs

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BackgroundSocial media use has grown in importance and prevalence, with its estimated number of users at 4.9 billion worldwide. Social media use research has revealed positive and negative impacts on users' mental health and well‐being. However, such impacts among adults have not been examined in any reviews.MethodsA scoping review was conducted based on the framework by Arksey and O'Malley and reported based on the PRISMA‐ScR guidelines. Eight databases were searched from 2005 to December 2021. Articles were included after being reviewed by three independent teams, with discrepancies resolved through consensus with the senior author. Publication‐related information (i.e., authors, year of publication, aims, study population, methodology, interventions, comparisons, outcome measures and key findings) were extracted from each study. Thematic analysis was conducted to answer the research questions.ResultsAmong the 114 eligible articles, young adults (69.6%) represented the main age group. Most studies (78.6%) focused on the negative impacts of social media use on mental health and well‐being, with nearly a third (32.1%) assessing such impacts on depression. Notably, this scoping review found that more than three‐quarters (78.6%) of the included studies revealed that excessive and passive social media use would increase depression, anxiety, mood, and loneliness. Nevertheless, a third (33.0%) also reported positive impacts, where positive and purposeful use of social media would contribute to improvements in mental health and well‐being, such as increased perceived social support and enjoyment.Linking Evidence to ActionThis review has provided an overview of the existing knowledge on how social media use would affect adults and identified areas of research that merit investigations in future studies. More attention should be given to maximizing the positive impacts of social media use on mental health and well‐being among adults.

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Social media use and its impact on adults' mental health and well‐being: A scoping review

Koh,

Ow Yong,

Lee

et al. 2024

Worldviews Ev Based Nurs

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“…A significant decrease of well‐being over the 15‐month period was observed, which is consistent with the literature (Brailovskaia et al, 2022). A significant increase of excessive SMU was also found and might be related to the enhanced online activity, which was used as a proxy of social encounters during the pandemic outbreak (Brand et al, 2016; Dubar et al, 2021).…”

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The relationship among psychological distress, well‐being and excessive social media use during the outbreak of Covid‐19: A longitudinal investigation

Brailovskaia

Margraf

Ceccatelli

et al. 2023

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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IntroductionThe corona pandemic has been a life event causing negative consequences on mental health. Mental health consists of positive and negative dimensions. The present longitudinal study investigated how positive and negative dimensions changed over 15 months after the Covid‐19 outbreak. Potential changes of excessive social media use (SMU) and its relationship with mental health were also investigated.MethodData (N = 189) on distress (measured overall and as depression, anxiety, and stress), well‐being and excessive SMU were collected at three time points (baseline, BL; 3‐month follow‐up, FU1; 15‐month follow‐up, FU2) via online surveys in Italy. Repeated analyses of variance were used to test differences among the three measurement time points. Mediational models were applied.ResultsDistress did not change over time, well‐being decreased and excessive SMU increased significantly. The relationship between distress at BL and excessive SMU at FU2 was significant (total effect, c: p < .001). The relationship between distress at BL and well‐being at FU1 (a: p < .001), and between well‐being at FU1and excessive SMU at FU2 (b: p = .004) was significant. Including FU1 well‐being in the model, the relationship between distress at BL and excessive SMU at FU2 was not significant (direct effect, c′: p = .078). The indirect effect (ab) was significant.ConclusionWell‐being mediated the relationship between baseline stress and excessive SMU. Enhanced stress may reduce well‐being which, in turn, increases the risk of excessive SMU. This emphasizes the urgency of programmes that foster well‐being, especially during stressful events such as a pandemic.

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“…For college students, COVID-19 has disrupted their educational routine by shifting from offline teaching to online teaching, with uncertainty regarding when life will return to pre-pandemic norms ( 28 ). According to the social displacement hypothesis ( 29 ), college students may spend more time engaging in online courses, using social media, or playing video games to cope with negative emotions, thereby increasing sleep disturbances and aggression ( 30 , 31 ). Additionally, considering biological factors in the distal path, sleep disturbance can disrupt testosterone rhythms, which are closely linked to aggressive behavior ( 32 , 33 ).…”

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The interrelationship between sleep disturbance symptoms and aggression before and after the campus closure of the COVID-19 pandemic: insight from a cross-lagged panel network model

Zou,

Bian,

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic is detrimental to sleep quality and increases aggression among college students. Nevertheless, relevant studies were rare. Hence, we collected longitudinal data during and post-campus closure in the current study to investigate the relationship between sleep disturbance and aggression.MethodsData from 665 college students (59.2% females, Meanage = 19.01, SD age = 1.25) were collected before (wave 1) and after (wave 2) the campus closure of COVID-19. All participants were asked to fill out the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire and the Youth Self-Rating Insomnia Scale. Two symptom networks and a cross-lagged panel network were formed and tested.ResultsHostility has the highest centrality in the symptom network both in waves 1 and 2, and it bridges sleep disturbance and aggression. “Easily be woken” – “wake up too early” and “wake up with tired” – “function hindrance” are two important symptom associations in networks of waves 1 and 2. All symptoms except “difficulty in falling asleep” and “easily be woken” ameliorated after closure. Moreover, “physical aggression” and “hostility” can trigger other symptoms in wave 2.ConclusionAs the first study about aggression and sleep disturbance in the background of COVID-19, we provide valuable information about the relationship between sleep disturbance and aggression on the symptom dimension.

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Examining the Direction of Effects Between COVID-19 Experiences, General Well-Being, Social Media Engagement, and Insomnia Symptoms Among University Students

Cited by 6 publications

References 73 publications

Social media use and its impact on adults' mental health and well‐being: A scoping review

Social media use and its impact on adults' mental health and well‐being: A scoping review

The relationship among psychological distress, well‐being and excessive social media use during the outbreak of Covid‐19: A longitudinal investigation

The interrelationship between sleep disturbance symptoms and aggression before and after the campus closure of the COVID-19 pandemic: insight from a cross-lagged panel network model

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