Taking a One-Week Break from Social Media Improves Well-Being, Depression, and Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial
| Autor: | Jeffrey Lambert, George Barnstable, Eleanor Minter, Jemima Cooper, Desmond McEwan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Adult
Social Psychology social media Health Behavior Anxiety SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being well-being Humans mediation Applied Psychology Depression Communication General Medicine anxiety Anxiety Disorders Computer Science Applications Human-Computer Interaction depression Social Media mental health |
| Zdroj: | Lambert, J, Barnstable, G, Minter, E, Cooper, J & McEwan, D 2022, ' Taking a One-Week Break from Social Media Improves Well-Being, Depression, and Anxiety : A Randomized Controlled Trial ', Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 287-293 . https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2021.0324 |
| ISSN: | 2152-2723 2152-2715 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/cyber.2021.0324 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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