Social media use in female adolescents: associations with anxiety, loneliness, and sleep disturbances
Social Media Disorder (SMD) is characterised by the intense and excessive use of social media. Although previous studies have shown that SMD was associated with poor mental health, research across types of usage and platforms remain limited. Here, we conducted an initial investigation of social medi...
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| author | Azhari, Atiqah Toms, Zoe Pavlopoulou, Georgia Esposito, Gianluca Dimitriou, Dagmara |
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| description | Social Media Disorder (SMD) is characterised by the intense and excessive use of social media. Although previous studies have shown that SMD was associated with poor mental health, research across types of usage and platforms remain limited. Here, we conducted an initial investigation of social media usage across platforms and its relation to anxiety, sleep and loneliness in female adolescents. Forty one 16- to 19-year-old British female adolescents were administered online questionnaires. Intensity of social media activity across Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter was measured with the Social Media Disorder Scale. Anxiety was indicated by the Beck Anxiety Inventory Trait, loneliness was examined via a short three-point questionnaire and sleep quality was measured via both the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and self-reported seven-day sleep diaries. Results showed that, compared to those without SMD, users with SMD experienced elevated levels of loneliness and had less sleep on average, and during the weekdays in particular. Only frequency of posting on Facebook, but not general usage, was associated with poorer sleep quality. These preliminary findings showed that social media disorder across platforms and usage could potentially have different associations to mental health and sleep. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1635292023-03-05T15:34:08Z Social media use in female adolescents: associations with anxiety, loneliness, and sleep disturbances Azhari, Atiqah Toms, Zoe Pavlopoulou, Georgia Esposito, Gianluca Dimitriou, Dagmara School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Psychology Social Media Sleep Social Media Disorder (SMD) is characterised by the intense and excessive use of social media. Although previous studies have shown that SMD was associated with poor mental health, research across types of usage and platforms remain limited. Here, we conducted an initial investigation of social media usage across platforms and its relation to anxiety, sleep and loneliness in female adolescents. Forty one 16- to 19-year-old British female adolescents were administered online questionnaires. Intensity of social media activity across Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter was measured with the Social Media Disorder Scale. Anxiety was indicated by the Beck Anxiety Inventory Trait, loneliness was examined via a short three-point questionnaire and sleep quality was measured via both the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and self-reported seven-day sleep diaries. Results showed that, compared to those without SMD, users with SMD experienced elevated levels of loneliness and had less sleep on average, and during the weekdays in particular. Only frequency of posting on Facebook, but not general usage, was associated with poorer sleep quality. These preliminary findings showed that social media disorder across platforms and usage could potentially have different associations to mental health and sleep. Published version 2022-12-08T05:18:02Z 2022-12-08T05:18:02Z 2022 Journal Article Azhari, A., Toms, Z., Pavlopoulou, G., Esposito, G. & Dimitriou, D. (2022). Social media use in female adolescents: associations with anxiety, loneliness, and sleep disturbances. Acta Psychologica, 229, 103706-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103706 0001-6918 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163529 10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103706 35973307 2-s2.0-85136746845 229 103706 en Acta Psychologica © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Psychology Social Media Sleep Azhari, Atiqah Toms, Zoe Pavlopoulou, Georgia Esposito, Gianluca Dimitriou, Dagmara Social media use in female adolescents: associations with anxiety, loneliness, and sleep disturbances |
| title | Social media use in female adolescents: associations with anxiety, loneliness, and sleep disturbances |
| title_full | Social media use in female adolescents: associations with anxiety, loneliness, and sleep disturbances |
| title_fullStr | Social media use in female adolescents: associations with anxiety, loneliness, and sleep disturbances |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social media use in female adolescents: associations with anxiety, loneliness, and sleep disturbances |
| title_short | Social media use in female adolescents: associations with anxiety, loneliness, and sleep disturbances |
| title_sort | social media use in female adolescents associations with anxiety loneliness and sleep disturbances |
| topic | Social sciences::Psychology Social Media Sleep |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163529 |
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