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JMIR MENTAL HEALTH
卷 9, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC
DOI: 10.2196/36966
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news consumption; worry; hopelessness; ecological momentary assessment; news media; COVID-19; pandemic; mental health; depression; stress; psychological distress; mediation model; digital health
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Daily exposure to COVID-19 news is associated with increased worry about the pandemic on the same day and the following day, leading to higher levels of hopelessness and general worry.
Background: Consumption of distressing news media, which substantially increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, has demonstrable negative effects on mental health. Objective: This study examines the proximal impact of daily exposure to news about COVID-19 on mental health in the first year of the pandemic. Methods: A sample of 546 college students completed daily ecological momentary assessments (EMAs) for 8 weeks, measuring exposure to news about COVID-19, worry and optimism specifically related to COVID-19, hopelessness, and general worry. Results: Participants completed >80,000 surveys. Multilevel mediation models indicated that greater daily exposure to news about COVID-19 is associated with higher same-day and next-day worry about the pandemic. Elevations in worry specifically about COVID-19 were in turn associated with greater next-day hopelessness and general worry. Optimism about COVID-19 mediated the relationship between daily exposure to COVID-19 news and next-day general worry but was not related to hopelessness. Conclusions: This study demonstrates the mental health impact of daily exposure to COVID-19 news and highlights how worry about the pandemic contributes over time to hopelessness and general worry.
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