Trial reportPloS one2019
High perceived stress and social interaction behaviour among young adults. A study based on objective measures of face-to-face and smartphone interactions.
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- A Mobile Virtual Reality-Based Intervention for Stress Reduction Among Young Adults: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- Perceived Stress and Society-Wide Moral Judgment.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Associations between youth lifestyle habits, sociodemographic characteristics, and health status with positive mental health: A gender-based analysis in a sample of Canadian postsecondary students.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Assessing the Relationship Between the Type of Internet Use and Internet Addiction in Early and Middle Adolescents: Cross-Sectional Study From Qatar.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- The Use of Passive Smartphone Data to Monitor Anxiety and Depression Among College Students in Real-World Settings: Protocol for a Systematic Review.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Perceived stress as a predictor of eating behavior during the 3-year PREVIEW lifestyle intervention.Nutrition & diabetes · 2022Article
- The Effect of Perceived Stress, Family Companionship, and Mental Health on the Subjective Happiness of Chinese Healthcare Workers: A Mixed Research Method.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Nighttime smartphone use and changes in mental health and wellbeing among young adults: a longitudinal study based on high-resolution tracking data.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Social distancing with chronic pain during COVID-19: A cross-sectional correlational analysis.PloS one · 2022Article
- Predicting Depressive Symptom Severity Through Individuals' Nearby Bluetooth Device Count Data Collected by Mobile Phones: Preliminary Longitudinal Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Article
- Perceived stress influences anhedonia and social functioning in a community sample enriched for psychosis-risk.Journal of psychiatric research · 2021Article
- The Impact of COVID-19 and Associated Interventions on Mental Health: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Sample of University Students.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Automated Detection of Stressful Conversations Using Wearable Physiological and Inertial Sensors.Proceedings of the ACM on interactive, mobile, wearable and ubiquitous technologies · 2020Article
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Abstract
Stress and mental health problems impede social functioning and may also complicate relationship formation with peers. The aim was to investigate whether high perceived stress among young adults is associated with social interaction behaviour both via face-to-face interaction and via smartphone interaction. The data was derived from the Copenhagen Network Study, where 535 first-year students (mean age 21.3, 77% male) self-reported on perceived stress at baseline and were subsequently followed for three months with continuous Bluetooth recordings of face-to-face interactions and smartphone interactions (calls and texts) measuring the network size, frequency, and duration of interactions. Logistic regression was used to assess associations between perceived stress (high/low) and social interactions adjusting for sex, age, and personality traits. Participants with high perceived stress were more likely to engage in a larger call and text network and have a higher call and text frequency compared to individuals with low perceived stress. We found a non-statistically significant tendency that participants with a high perceived stress level spend less time meeting face to face with peers. Stressed students engage in frequent smartphone interaction which may be explained by a social support seeking behaviour, or it may be that accommodating a large network via the smartphone is stress-inducing.
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