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Gonzalez-Nuevo, C., Cuesta, M., Postigo, A., Manendez-Aller, A., Garcia-Fernandez, J. and Kuss, D. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8917-782X,
2022.
Using social networking sites during lockdown: risks and benefits.
Psicothema, 34 (3), pp. 365-374.
ISSN 0214-9915
Abstract
Background: Previous research about use of Social Networking Sites (SNS) use during the COVID-19 lockdown has examined benefits and risks of SNS use (i.e., support through SNS, problematic SNS use and interaction about COVID-19) without comparing them. This study has two objectives: (i) to evaluate which SNS uses (problematic SNS use and interaction about COVID-19 on SNS) predict increased emotional distress, and (ii) to analyse if social support and interaction about COVID-19 mediated the relationship between time spent on SNS and increased emotional distress.
Method: A total of 1,003 participants (75.5% women) over 18 years old took part (M = 42.33; SD = 14.32 years). Three hierarchical linear regressions were performed for the first objective and a path analysis was performed for the second.
Results: Results showed that negative social comparison on SNS had the highest positive regression weight, followed by interaction about COVID-19 and addictive consequences. Also, an indirect effect of time spent on SNS on anxiety, depression, and life satisfaction through interaction about COVID-19 and support through SNS was found.
Conclusions: The results indicate that comparative SNS use is the best predictor of emotional distress. The mediation model proposed was confirmed, highlighting the importance of assessing specific SNS uses.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | Psicothema | ||||||
| Creators: | Gonzalez-Nuevo, C., Cuesta, M., Postigo, A., Manendez-Aller, A., Garcia-Fernandez, J. and Kuss, D. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado de Asturias | ||||||
| Date: | 2022 | ||||||
| Volume: | 34 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0214-9915 | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||||
| Record created by: | Linda Sullivan | ||||||
| Date Added: | 09 Aug 2022 09:56 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2022 09:56 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/46844 |
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