Facebook-based stress management resources for first-year medical students: A multi-method evaluation

George, Daniel R.; Dellasega, Cheryl; Whitehead, Megan; Bordon, Alan

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2012.12.008

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“…In particular, evidence about the negative impact of social media addiction on mindfulness is in line with what is happening in our society nowadays, wherein people who are unable to control their behaviour towards using social media are found to have more difficulty focusing on or paying close attention to their jobs or other activities because they cannot control their urge to use social media all the time. The influence of social media addiction on the decision to use emotion‐focused coping rather than problem‐focused coping is also consistent with research suggesting that some people tended to rely on social media access to alleviate stress (George et al, ; Seidman, ).…”

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Face it, don't Facebook it: Impacts of Social Media Addiction on Mindfulness, Coping Strategies and the Consequence on Emotional Exhaustion

2015

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Addiction to social media has now become a problem that societies are concerned with. The aim of the present study is to investigate the impacts that social media addiction has on mindfulness and choice of coping strategy, as well as to explore the consequences on emotional exhaustion. The survey data were collected from 211 employees in 13 enterprises in Thailand. Results from partial least square structural equation modelling revealed that people who are highly addicted to social media tended to have lower mindfulness and tended to use emotion-focused coping to deal with stress. Lack of mindfulness and the decision to use emotion-coping strategy are also subsequently associated with higher emotional exhaustion. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…In literature, studies on social media have also become a hot topic, receiving more attention from scholars in various fields (Błachnio et al, 2013;George et al, 2013;Kalpidou et al, 2011;Koc & Gulyagci, 2013;Rosen et al, 2013;Seidman, 2013). Still, research on the impact of social media addiction is an area that lack concrete evidence.…”

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Face it, don't Facebook it: Impacts of Social Media Addiction on Mindfulness, Coping Strategies and the Consequence on Emotional Exhaustion

2015

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“…Given its increased influence in the lives of students, research studies (e.g., Al-Saggaf & Nielsem, 2014;Jalonen, 2014;Song et al, 2014)) have examined how health outcomes are impacted by SNS usage. One health-related area of concern among college students is perceived stress leading to numerous studies (e.g., Campisi et al, 2012;George, Dellasega, Whitehead, & Bordon, 2013;Wright, 2012) examining the relationship between the use of Facebook and perceived stress. Within the literature, stress has been defined as a ''negative cognitive-emotional state'' (Combs, Canu, Broman-Fulks, Rocheleau, & Nieman, 2012, p. 426) that is a result of how an individual perceives the level of difficulty encountered in life events (Taylor, 2006).…”

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Benefits of a Negative Post: Effects of Computer-Mediated Venting on Relationship Maintenance

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Yang

2015

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…In our literature review, according to a meta-analysis conducted in 2016 [45], only six studies had stress management as their principal goal [46–49,72], and only three of these studies were carried out with university students [45,46,48,49]. …”

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Can we learn to manage stress? A randomized controlled trial carried out on university students

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In our research, we examined the efficacy of an Internet-based stress management program. Our interest in evaluating this type of intervention is based on the increasing accessibility of the Internet today, the growth of Internet-based interventions for various psychopathological problems, and the observation that despite the prevalence of stress among university students, only a fraction of students ever seek professional help. Methodology: “I’m managing my stress” (“Je gère mon stresse”), an Internet-based self-help program composed of four sessions, was examined in this study. The aforementioned program is based on cognitive-behavioral therapy and was inspired by the “Funambule” program in Quebec. Four questionnaires (Perceived Stress Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Scale of Satisfaction in Studies, and General Health Questionnaire) uploaded online were answered thrice: during “preintervention”, “postintervention”, and “follow-up” stages, the latter of which occurred three months after the intervention. The sample comprised 128 university students, with the majority being women (81.25%). The subjects were divided randomly into two groups (an experimental group and a control group that did not follow the program). Results: The self-esteem scores of the control group were significantly higher than those of the experimental group at the preintervention stage, but this difference disappeared at the postintervention and follow-up stages. There were also significantly lower scores on the General Health Questionnaire subfactors of somatic symptoms and anxiety/insomnia in the experimental group than in the control group during the postintervention stage, though no differences were observed before the intervention. These differences no longer remained after three months. ANOVA revealed significant effects of the intervention over time in the experimental group. Effects were observed at both the postintervention and follow-up stages for self-esteem, perceived stress, satisfaction in studies, and in the somatic symptoms, anxiety and insomnia and severe depression aspects of the General Health Questionnaire (Cohen’s d = 0.38 to 4.58). In contrast, no effects were observed in the control group. Conclusion: This type of Internet-based program has the ability to reach a large number of students due to its rather short format and accessibility. It has already shown improvements in terms of the levels of perceived stress, psychological distress and satisfaction with studies. The option of online interventions could appeal specifically to students who do not seek professional help. However, even though these results are promising at the postintervention stage, they are limited, as indicated by the lack of significant differences between the two groups after the initial three months of follow-up. We still, specifically, need to improve this intervention program and, generally, need more research to address the methodological problems raised by this type of intervention.Trial registration: ISRCTN registry, ISRCTN13709272

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Facebook-based stress management resources for first-year medical students: A multi-method evaluation

Cited by 68 publications

References 29 publications

Face it, don't Facebook it: Impacts of Social Media Addiction on Mindfulness, Coping Strategies and the Consequence on Emotional Exhaustion

Face it, don't Facebook it: Impacts of Social Media Addiction on Mindfulness, Coping Strategies and the Consequence on Emotional Exhaustion

Benefits of a Negative Post: Effects of Computer-Mediated Venting on Relationship Maintenance

Can we learn to manage stress? A randomized controlled trial carried out on university students

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