Mindfulness as a mediator in the relationship between social media engagement and depression in young adults

Jones, Amelia; Hook, Megan; Podduturi, Purnaja; McKeen, Haley; Beitzell, Emily; Liss, Miriam

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.111284

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“…Which, decreases the effects (68,69) of effort-reward imbalance on health and wellbeing. Another reason could be the age of employees, as it has also been posited by other studies that stress among young adults is greater (113) than older adults, where more than 50% of the respondents were young adults in this study with the age group of 21 to 40 years.…”

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The Moderating Effects of Social Media Activities on the Relationship Between Effort-Reward Imbalance and Health and Wellbeing: A Case Study of the Oil and Gas Industry in Malaysia

Kanwal

Isha

2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundSocial media activities affect every aspect of human life, be it personal, social or professional. Previous studies have confirmed the role of social media in affecting health in terms of releasing stress and providing social support. Increased occupational health disorders and increased time spent on social media activities motivate us to investigate this phenomenon in the context of occupational health. Therefore, the objective of this study is to measure the effects of social media activities related to personal and social life as well as work-life on health and wellbeing of office employees, on their job efforts and job rewards, and in moderating the effect of effort-reward imbalance on health and wellbeing.MethodsInitially, to develop constructs related to social media activities, web-based structured interviews were conducted with five office employees working in the oil and gas industry for the last 5 years. Then, using an online questionnaire survey, data was collected from 424 office employees working in the oil and gas industry in Malaysia. Using statistical software for social science (SPSS) and Smart PLS, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted to identify reliability and validity (discriminant validity, convergent validity and composite validity) of the constructs. Following this, path analysis was conducted and the moderating effects were identified.ResultsSocial media activities related to work-life decrease health and wellbeing by 11% and weaken the negative effect of effort-reward-imbalance on health and wellbeing by 17.6% at a 1% level of significance. The results of social media activities related to personal and social life strengthen the negative effect of effort-reward imbalance on health and wellbeing by 12% and negatively affects health and wellbeing and job rewards by 13, 55%, respectively. The direct effect of effort-reward imbalance and job efforts is significantly negative on health and wellbeing by 59 and 10%, respectively.ConclusionIt is concluded that social media activities of the office employees significantly moderate the effect of effort-reward imbalance on health and wellbeing and intervene in job rewards in the organizations. Hence, the effect of social media activities reduces the health and wellbeing of office employees.

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The Moderating Effects of Social Media Activities on the Relationship Between Effort-Reward Imbalance and Health and Wellbeing: A Case Study of the Oil and Gas Industry in Malaysia

Kanwal

Isha

2022

Front. Public Health

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“…The positive role of mindfulness in providing awareness to individuals to reduce smartphone use and focus on the current situation is thought to be able to overcome anxiety about being left behind. On the other hand, in their research found that mindfulness had a significant correlation with social media use and depression in young adults [17].…”

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Mindfulness and Fear of Missing Out in Final Year Undergraduate Students

Sa'id

Dewi

2022

KSS

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Final year students often face difficulties such as working on repeated thesis revisions, getting relevant literature, length of feedback from supervisors, and limited research time. Those who use social media tend to experience Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) syndrome. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between mindfulness and FoMO in final year undergraduate students. This study used a correlational quantitative approach. Research participants consisted of 126 final year undergraduate students using purposive sampling. For data collection, two instruments were used: Mindfulness Scale (.847) and Fear of Missing Out Scale (.829). The data were analyzed using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between mindfulness and FoMO in final year students (Sig. .000 < .05). In addition, the direction of the relationship between the variables was negative (-.308), meaning that the relationship between the two variables was in negative correlation. This means that if the individual had a high state of mindfulness, the tendency to experience FoMO was low. In contrast, if the individual had a low state of mindfulness, then his/her tendency to experience FoMO was high. Keywords: mindfulness, fear of missing out, final year, undergraduate student, undergraduate thesis

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“…This concept is correlated positively with self-efficacy (Mendi, 2018;McCann & Davis, 2018), self-regulation (Hammad, 2016), psychological happiness (Al Walidi, 2017), creativity (Gabora & Unrau, 2019), and learning styles (Younes, 2015). In other studies, mental mindfulness represents a mediating variable between young people's participation in social media and depression (Jones et al, 2022).…”

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Academic self-efficacy as a mediating variable between mental mindfulness and psychological and cognitive engagement of university students

Badawy

2022

CJES

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University students play a significant role in shaping the future of nations and an effective university environment that can achieve psychological and cognitive engagement is very important. This research aims at identifying the mediating role of mental mindfulness between academic self-efficacy and engagement (psychological and cognitive) of university students. The self-efficacy scale, the mental mindfulness scale, and the university students' psychological and cognitive engagement scale were applied to a sample of (340) university students. Results demonstrated that academic self-efficacy mediates the relationship between mental mindfulness and psychological and cognitive engagement of university students. These results can be utilized in developing university students' mental mindfulness and providing those in charge of educational planning and policies with practical results that are beneficial in enhancing university students' self-efficacy, mental mindfulness, and engagement. Keywords: Self-efficacy, mental mindfulness, engagement, mediating variable

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Mindfulness as a mediator in the relationship between social media engagement and depression in young adults

Cited by 22 publications

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The Moderating Effects of Social Media Activities on the Relationship Between Effort-Reward Imbalance and Health and Wellbeing: A Case Study of the Oil and Gas Industry in Malaysia

The Moderating Effects of Social Media Activities on the Relationship Between Effort-Reward Imbalance and Health and Wellbeing: A Case Study of the Oil and Gas Industry in Malaysia

Mindfulness and Fear of Missing Out in Final Year Undergraduate Students

Academic self-efficacy as a mediating variable between mental mindfulness and psychological and cognitive engagement of university students

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