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Social-networks use as adaptive or maladaptive strategy for coping with stress
Social networks are frequently used to distract, procrastinate, or cope with stress. We aimed to investigate how (problematic) social-networks use affect stress perception in interaction with different stress recovery conditions. A total of 104 participants were randomly assigned to one of four grou...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10363535/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37482602 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39042-4 |
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author | Wegmann, Elisa Schiebener, Johannes Brand, Matthias |
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description | Social networks are frequently used to distract, procrastinate, or cope with stress. We aimed to investigate how (problematic) social-networks use affect stress perception in interaction with different stress recovery conditions. A total of 104 participants were randomly assigned to one of four groups. Three groups underwent a stress induction with subsequent stress recovery via (1) using Facebook, (2) reading magazines, or (3) waiting. Another group (4) waited without stress induction. Stress perception was repeatedly assessed with the State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory. Facebook use and reading magazines decreased acute stress indicating adaptive coping strategies. Stress-recovery conditions and symptom severity showed significant interactions. Facebook use was not effective for individuals with high symptom severity in contrast to non-digital strategies or for individuals with low symptom severity. The usage of social networks may be an adaptive strategy for coping with stress for some people, it is maladaptive for individuals having a problematic usage. |
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spelling | pubmed-103635352023-07-25 Social-networks use as adaptive or maladaptive strategy for coping with stress Wegmann, Elisa Schiebener, Johannes Brand, Matthias Sci Rep Article Social networks are frequently used to distract, procrastinate, or cope with stress. We aimed to investigate how (problematic) social-networks use affect stress perception in interaction with different stress recovery conditions. A total of 104 participants were randomly assigned to one of four groups. Three groups underwent a stress induction with subsequent stress recovery via (1) using Facebook, (2) reading magazines, or (3) waiting. Another group (4) waited without stress induction. Stress perception was repeatedly assessed with the State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory. Facebook use and reading magazines decreased acute stress indicating adaptive coping strategies. Stress-recovery conditions and symptom severity showed significant interactions. Facebook use was not effective for individuals with high symptom severity in contrast to non-digital strategies or for individuals with low symptom severity. The usage of social networks may be an adaptive strategy for coping with stress for some people, it is maladaptive for individuals having a problematic usage. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10363535/ /pubmed/37482602 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39042-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Wegmann, Elisa Schiebener, Johannes Brand, Matthias Social-networks use as adaptive or maladaptive strategy for coping with stress |
title | Social-networks use as adaptive or maladaptive strategy for coping with stress |
title_full | Social-networks use as adaptive or maladaptive strategy for coping with stress |
title_fullStr | Social-networks use as adaptive or maladaptive strategy for coping with stress |
title_full_unstemmed | Social-networks use as adaptive or maladaptive strategy for coping with stress |
title_short | Social-networks use as adaptive or maladaptive strategy for coping with stress |
title_sort | social-networks use as adaptive or maladaptive strategy for coping with stress |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10363535/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37482602 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39042-4 |
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