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CYBERPSYCHOLOGY BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL NETWORKING
卷 25, 期 5, 页码 287-293出版社
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2021.0324
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social media; mental health; depression; anxiety; well-being; mediation
The present study aimed to investigate the effects of a 1-week break from social media on well-being, depression, and anxiety, and to explore the mediating role of time spent on different social media platforms. The results showed that discontinuing social media use for 1 week significantly improved well-being, depression, and anxiety. The effects were partially mediated by a reduction in self-reported weekly minutes spent on social media.
The present study aimed to understand the effects of a 1-week break from social media (SM) (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok) on well-being, depression, and anxiety compared with using SM as usual. We also aimed to understand whether time spent on different SM platforms mediates the relationship between SM cessation and well-being, depression, and anxiety. We randomly allocated 154 participants (mean age of 29.6 years) to either stop using SM (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok) for 1 week or continue to use SM as usual. At a 1-week follow-up, significant between-group differences in well-being (mean difference [MD] 4.9, 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.0-6.8), depression (MD -2.2, 95% CI -3.3 to -1.1), and anxiety (MD -1.7, 95% CI -2.8 to -0.6) in favor of the intervention group were observed, after controlling for baseline scores, age, and gender. The intervention effect on well-being was partially mediated by a reduction in total weekly self-reported minutes on SM. The intervention effect on depression and anxiety was partially mediated by a reduction in total weekly self-reported minutes on Twitter and TikTok, and TikTok alone, respectively. The present study shows that asking people to stop using SM for 1 week leads to significant improvements in well-being, depression, and anxiety. Future research should extend this to clinical populations and examine effects over the longer term.
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