Facebook Addiction Partially Mediated the Association Between Stress Symptoms and Sleep Disturbance Among Facebook Users

Abstract

Stress symptoms, Facebook addiction, and sleep disturbances have important effects on the health of every individual. However, very few studies have examined the association between stress symptoms, Facebook addiction, and sleep disturbances. This study investigated the mediating effect of Facebook addiction on the association between stress symptoms and sleep disturbances among Facebook users in Vietnam. Three hundred fifty-four Facebook users in Vietnam have completed measures to assess symptoms of stress, levels of Facebook addiction, and sleep disturbances. In the sample, stress was positively associated with sleep disturbances and Facebook addiction partially mediated the association between stress and sleep disturbance (stress was positively associated with Facebook addiction and Facebook addiction was positively associated with sleep disturbances). Thus, our findings demonstrate that stressful individuals tend to be addicted to Facebook, which increase the risk of sleep disturbances. Therefore, interventions aimed at improving sleep quality for Facebook users should focus on reducing stress and reducing dependence on Facebook.

Facebook addiction and its related factors among medical students; a cross- sectional study in Bangladesh

“…Because it is more about their feelings about lack of control and unpredictability than actual stressors, the current prevalence of perceived stress may be higher than actual stress. This study found that Facebook users who experienced moderate to high levels of stress are about four to six times more likely to develop Facebook addictions, which is consistent with earlier findings [17,20].…”

“…Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that depression symptoms moderate the relationship between daily stress and FA based on prior research [19]. Although the study in Vietnam showed that stressed people are more likely to be addicted to Facebook, which increases the risk of sleep disturbances [20].…”

Negative psychological and physiological effects of social networking site use: The example of Facebook

“…Daily Facebook use (Brailovskaia et al, 2019b), duration of daily Facebook use (Brailovskaia et al, 2019a), Facebook addiction (Koc and Gulyagci, 2013;Atroszko et al, 2018;Brailovskaia et al, 2019b;Wang et al, 2021;Ho, 2021a,b;Ho et al, 2021b), Facebook dependence (Wolniczak et al, 2013), Facebook intrusion (Błachnio et al, 2021;Przepiórka and Błachnio, 2020), general Facebook use (Brailovskaia et al, 2019a), problematic Facebook use (Ho et al, 2021a), and time spent on Facebook (Hosen et al, 2021;Rahman and Zakaria, 2021) Positive Effects N/A No Effects Academic motive for using Facebook (Koc and Gulyagci, 2013), daily Facebook use (Brailovskaia et al, 2019b), daily informational motive for using Facebook (Koc and Gulyagci, 2013), Facebook addiction (Brailovskaia et al, 2019b), social motive for using Facebook (Koc and Gulyagci, 2013), and weekly time commitment on Facebook (Koc and Gulyagci, 2013) Example Facebook intrusion has been linked to the negative psychological effects of Facebook use associated with perceived insomnia (Błachnio et al, 2021). Excessive cognitive use of Facebook (Luqman et al, 2017), excessive hedonic use of Facebook (Luqman et al, 2017), excessive social use of Facebook (Luqman et al, 2017), Facebook addiction (Brailovskaia and Margraf, 2017;Atroszko et al, 2018Atroszko et al, , 2022Brailovskaia et al, 2018aBrailovskaia et al, ,b, 2019cÇakıcı et al, 2020;Eşkisu et al, 2020;Verseillié et al, 2021;Ho, 2021b;Balcerow...…”

“…Facebook addiction was significantly positively associated with perceived poorer sleep quality (Wang et al, 2021;Ho, 2021a;Ho et al, 2021a), perceived insomnia (Koc and Gulyagci, 2013;Brailovskaia et al, 2019a), and perceived sleep disturbance (Ho, 2021b). Furthermore, research showed that problematic Facebook use was significantly positively correlated with perceived poorer sleep quality (Ho et al, 2021a).…”

Facebook addiction and sleep problems in peruvian university students after the COVID-19 pandemic

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