ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Social Media Addiction during COVID-19-Mandated Physical Distancing: Relatedness Needs as Motives.
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- A meta-analytic review of the associations between dimensions of religious coping and psychological symptoms during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
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- Problematic social networking use and loneliness among college students: a serial mediation model of basic psychological need satisfaction and self-acceptance.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The double-edged sword of internet use in China's aging population: thresholds, mediation and digital health policy.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Explosion of research on psychopathology and social media use after COVID-19: A scientometric study.World journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Unveiling Coronasomnia: Pandemic Stress and Sleep Problems During the COVID-19 Outbreak.Nature and science of sleep · 2024Review
- Social Aspects of Problematic Smartphone Use: Development and Validation of the PSSNUS and Mental Health Implications for Spanish Youth.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Does Problematic Use of Social Network Mediate the Association between Bullying Victimization and Loneliness among Lebanese Adolescents?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Engaging in physical activity instead of (over)using the smartphone: An experimental investigation of lifestyle interventions to prevent problematic smartphone use and to promote mental health.Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health · 2023Article
- Social media addiction as a mediator of the associations between fear of COVID-19, mental health symptoms, and problematic alcohol use.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Use of social network as a coping strategy for depression among young people during the COVID-19 lockdown: findings from the COMET collaborative study.Annals of general psychiatry · 2022Article
- Time-Series Associations between Public Interest in COVID-19 Variants and National Vaccination Rate: A Google Trends Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Problematic Social Networking Site use-effects on mental health and the brain.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Review
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Abstract
In the early stages of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, national lockdowns and stay-at-home orders were implemented by many countries to curb the rate of infection. An extended stay-at-home period can frustrate people's need for relatedness, with many turning to social media to interact with others in the outside world. However, social media use may be maladaptive due to its associations with social media addiction and psychosocial problems. Our study was set at this special context to examine the associations among social media addiction, two aspects of relatedness needs (i.e., satisfaction and frustration), and two prominent psychosocial problems (i.e., depressive symptoms and loneliness). The participants were 1048 residents of the U.K. or U.S. (46% men, mean age = 44.10 years,
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