Problematic social media use and mental health (depression, anxiety, and insomnia) among Lebanese adults: Any mediating effect of stress?

Malaeb, Diana; Salameh, Pascale; Barbar, Sam; Awad, Emmanuelle; Haddad, Chadia; Hallit, Rabih; Sacre, Hala; Akel, Marwan; Obeïd, Sahar; Hallit, Souheil

doi:10.1111/ppc.12576

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“…Furthermore, in the FMS patients with greater sleep disorders, the FMS disease severity and pain scores were determined to be higher. Interestingly, contrary to previous studies, this study did not find a significant relationship between sleep disorders and social media addiction [34][35][36]. This may be because previous studies included people who did not have FMS or any disease and found that excessive social media use causes sleep disturbance.…”

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Social media use in patients with fibromyalgia and its effect on symptom severity and sleep quality

Külekçioğlu

Çetin

2021

Adv Rheumatol

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Background The aim of this study was to evaluate social media use in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and determine the effect of social media use on disease severity and sleep quality. Materials and methods In total, 205 social media using patients with similar characteristics were included in the study. The study group consisted of 103 patients with FMS, and the control group consisted of 102 patients without FMS. The FMS symptom severity scale and diffuse pain index were used to determine the disease severity in FMS patients, the sleep disorder short form questionnaire (PROMIS) was used to evaluate sleep quality, and the Social Media Addiction Scale-Adult Form was used to evaluate social media addiction. A visual analog scale was applied to evaluate pain in both the patient and control groups, and social media usage times were recorded. Results We found that pain severity, sleep disturbance and social media addiction were higher in patients with FMS than in the control group, and there was no relationship between the rates of social media use in patients with FMS and the severity and prevalence of the disease. Conclusion The use of social media is more frequent in patients with FMS, which can motivate healthcare professionals to evaluate social media habits in individuals with FMS.

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Social media use in patients with fibromyalgia and its effect on symptom severity and sleep quality

Külekçioğlu

Çetin

2021

Adv Rheumatol

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“…Our results showed that higher depressive temperament was significantly associated with more phubbing, in accordance with a previous study [32]. Similar results were found in many previous studies where smartphone addiction and Internet addiction were found associated with higher depression [19,20,52]. In fact, many studies has showed a strong association between many temperament characteristics and increased risk of depression [53,54].…”

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Phubbing and temperaments among young Lebanese adults: the mediating effect of self-esteem and emotional intelligence

Bitar¹,

Hallit

Khansa

et al. 2021

BMC Psychol

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Background The rapid increasing rate of mobile and internet users in Lebanon, predisposes us to a high dependency on smartphones, leading to more phubbing. Phubbing has been found associated with many psychological factors. Thus, the main objectives of this study was (1) to evaluate the association between phubbing and temperaments, and (2) assess the mediating effect of self-esteem and emotional intelligence in the association between phubbing and temperaments among a sample of Lebanese adults. Methods A cross-sectional study, carried out between August and September 2020, enrolled 461 participants aged between 18 and 29 years old. Participants were recruited from all districts/governorates of Lebanon (Beirut, Mount Lebanon, North Lebanon, South Lebanon, and Bekaa) using the snowball technique. The Generic Scale of Phubbing, Rosenberg Self‐Esteem Scale, Schutte Self Report Emotional Intelligence Test and TEMPS-M were used to assess phubbing, self-esteem, emotional intelligence and temperaments respectively. Results Our results showed that higher depressive temperament (B = 1.21) was significantly associated with more phubbing, whereas higher self-esteem (B = − 0.32) was significantly associated with less phubbing. Regarding the mediating effect, self-esteem partially mediated the association between depressive temperament and phubbing (21.02%), whereas emotional intelligence had no mediating effect on the association between temperaments and phubbing. Conclusion A strong correlation between phubbing and temperaments has been found in our study with a partial mediating effect of self-esteem in this association. Our findings might be a first step for raising awareness to develop the etiquette of using smartphones by providing media education to families, and good media usage habits.

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“…Study‐independent clinical psychologists carried out the data collection and evaluated the psychiatric conditions of participants. The methodology adopted in this study project is similar to that used in previous studies 19–21 …”

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“…The methodology adopted in this study project is similar to that used in previous studies. [19][20][21]…”

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Factors associated with problematic social media use among a sample of Lebanese adults: The mediating role of emotional intelligence

Barbar

Haddad²,

Sacre³

et al. 2020

Perspect Psychiatr Care

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Purpose: To assess the relationship of smoking (cigarettes or waterpipe), alcohol drinking, alexithymia, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, stress, social phobia, emotional intelligence, impulsivity, insomnia, physical health, and loneliness with problematic social media use (PSMU) in a sample of Lebanese citizens.Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 466 participants (January-May 2019).Results: Higher anxiety, alcohol use disorder, and social phobia were correlated with elevated PSMU, while older age was associated with lower PSMU. Emotional intelligence partially mediated the association between alexithymia and PSMU by 4.55%.Practical implications: Since these manifestations are preventable, spreading awareness through our schools, educational programs, and even healthcare professionals would considerably reduce the pace at which young adults are transforming into anxious and distorted individuals.

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Problematic social media use and mental health (depression, anxiety, and insomnia) among Lebanese adults: Any mediating effect of stress?

Cited by 63 publications

References 90 publications

Social media use in patients with fibromyalgia and its effect on symptom severity and sleep quality

Social media use in patients with fibromyalgia and its effect on symptom severity and sleep quality

Phubbing and temperaments among young Lebanese adults: the mediating effect of self-esteem and emotional intelligence

Factors associated with problematic social media use among a sample of Lebanese adults: The mediating role of emotional intelligence

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