Online social connections as surrogates of face-to-face interactions: A longitudinal study under Covid-19 isolation

Marinucci, Marco; Pancani, Luca; Aureli, Nicolas; Riva, Paolo

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2021.107102

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“…Despite the positive association between relatedness and phone communication, we found no evidence that any kind of non‐face‐to‐face communication could compensate for a lack of face‐to‐face communication. This differs from findings by Marinucci et al ( 2022 ) who found a respective interaction during the strictest phase of the Italian lockdown. A potential explanation for these diverging findings might be that the German lockdown was less strict than the Italian lockdown (e.g.…”

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Call me maybe: Risk factors of impaired social contact during the COVID‐19 pandemic and associations with well‐being

Rudert

Janke

2022

British J Social Psychol

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The COVID-19 pandemic caused major societal changes worldwide, with the most notable being lockdowns and restrictions on social contact. We conducted a longitudinal study (total n = 1907) in Germany with two time points to (1) identify demographic risk factors of impaired social contact during the pandemic, as well as investigate potential consequences of (2) impaired social contact and (3) different modes of communication on individuals' well-being during the first lockdown in spring 2020. Results indicate that particularly individuals living alone and being unable to work reported a lower frequency of (face-to-face) contact in comparison with participants living with others or working. Impaired social contact was indirectly associated with a negative development in well-being (life satisfaction, anxiety and depression) over time, and this relation was mediated via relatedness. Moreover, the frequency of face-to-face and phone communication during lockdown was positively associated with relatedness and well-being; however, digital communication was not. The findings stress the importance of maintaining social contact in times of social distancing and of fostering reconnection between individuals once the pandemic is over.

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Call me maybe: Risk factors of impaired social contact during the COVID‐19 pandemic and associations with well‐being

Rudert

Janke

2022

British J Social Psychol

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“…We do not find a significant relationship between social purpose and mental health among older individuals. This is consistent with face-to-face communication not being able to be replaced by online communication (Marinucci et al, 2022). Elderly people usually interact in daycare venues, community centres, and places of worship (Armitage & Nellums, 2020).…”

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“…The discrepancy in these findings can be driven by multiple reasons, chief among them is the fact that these are different samples, and the fact that one survey refers to April 2020 (during lockdown in Israel) while the other to September 2020 (no lockdown in the UK). Indeed, there is longitudinal evidence from Italy (between March 12, 2020 and June 7, 2020) that the online social connections can be a protective factor from psychological distress under highly restrictive isolation (strong lockdown) conditions but not under mild isolation conditions (Marinucci et al, 2022). Recent work by Altindag et al (in press), provides causal evidence on the negative impact of lockdowns on mental health exploiting a natural experiment in Turkey (those born in December 1955 and before were under curfew, those born in January 1956 or after were exempt).…”

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Internet and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from the UK

Quintana‐Domeque

Zeng

Zhang

2022

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With the COVID-19 pandemic, the Internet has become a key player in the daily lives of most people. We investigate the relationship between mental health and internet use frequency and purpose six months after the first lockdown in the UK, September 2020. Using data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study on the 12-item General Health Questionnaire and the Internet use module, and controlling for sociodemographic characteristics and personality traits, we find that older individuals (aged 59 or above) have a lower internet use frequency (twice a day or less). Younger women use the Internet for social purposes more than men do, while younger men use the Internet for leisure-and-learning purposes more than women and older men do. Both high frequency internet use and use for social purposes appear to be a protective factor for social dysfunction. Interestingly, high internet use is a protective factor for social dysfunction among younger women, but a risk factor for psychological distress among younger men. Finally, while leisure-and-learning purpose is a protective factor for social dysfunction among younger women, it is a risk factor for social dysfunction among younger men.

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“…As a consequence of the social isolation measures imposed by the COVID-19 Pandemic (Palacios Cruz et al, 2021), millions of people have had to replace physical communication with virtual interaction (Marinucci et al, 2022). Thus, the adoption of videoconferencing increased significantly, making the use of virtual media such as Zoom, Meet, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, among others, the best alternative to continue the work dynamics in different sectors (Mamani-Benito et al, 2021).…”

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Scientific Production on Zoom Fatigue: Understanding a New Phenomenon

Chaparro

Mamani-Benito

Esteban

et al. 2022

Acad. J. Interdiscip. Stud.

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The objective of this research was to characterize the production of Latin American scientific literature on Zoom fatigue. A retrospective and descriptive study was conducted in which 41 manuscripts published in journals indexed in the Scopus database between January 2020 and December 2021 were analyzed. The variables studied were document frequency, scientific production by country, number of authors, institutional affiliation and scientific production by descriptor. It was found that 58.54% of the identified manuscripts are research articles. The country with the highest scientific production is the United States (46.34%); institutions in the Philippines and the United States stand out since they have the highest scientific production, and Journal of Loss and Trauma is the journal with the highest number of publications. Regarding affiliation, the authors belong to entities in the Philippines. It is necessary to continue researching on zoom fatigue, considering that it is currently widely used worldwide in organizations, but the effect or positive or negative impacts on the human being are not measured. Received: 8 March 2022 / Accepted: 20 June 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022

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Online social connections as surrogates of face-to-face interactions: A longitudinal study under Covid-19 isolation

Cited by 59 publications

References 55 publications

Call me maybe: Risk factors of impaired social contact during the COVID‐19 pandemic and associations with well‐being

Call me maybe: Risk factors of impaired social contact during the COVID‐19 pandemic and associations with well‐being

Internet and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from the UK

Scientific Production on Zoom Fatigue: Understanding a New Phenomenon

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