Positive mental health and mindfulness as protective factors against addictive social media use during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The outbreak of COVID-19 caused high psychological burden for many people. Some people tend to excessive social media use (SMU) to escape the negative emotions which can foster addictive tendencies. The present study investigated positive mental health (PMH) and mindfulness as protective factors tha...

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Main Authors: Julia Brailovskaia, Jürgen Margraf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277631