Rus Holly M, Tiemensma Jitske
Psychoneuroendocrinology Lab, Psychological Sciences, University of California, MercedMerced, CA, United States.
Front Psychol. 2017 Sep 19;8:1609. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01609. eCollection 2017.
Social media's influence on stress remains largely unknown. Conflicting research suggests that Facebook use may both enhance undermine psychosocial constructs related to well-being. Using novel experimental methods, this study examined the impact of social media use on stress recovery. Facebook users ( = 92, 49 males, mean age 19.55 = 1.63) were randomly assigned to use their own Facebook profile or quietly read after experiencing an acute social stressor. All participants showed significant changes in subjective and physiological stress markers during recovery. Participants who used Facebook experienced greater sustained cortisol concentration ( < 0.05) when controlling for gender and emotional investment in the website compared to controls. Results suggest that social media use may delay or impair recovery after experiencing an acute social stressor. This novel study incorporated objective physiological markers with subjective psychosocial measures to show that Facebook use may negatively impact well-being.
社交媒体对压力的影响在很大程度上仍然未知。相互矛盾的研究表明，使用脸书可能既会增强也会破坏与幸福感相关的社会心理结构。本研究采用新颖的实验方法，考察了社交媒体使用对压力恢复的影响。脸书用户（n = 92，49名男性，平均年龄19.55岁±1.63岁）在经历急性社会应激源后，被随机分配使用自己的脸书个人资料或安静阅读。所有参与者在恢复过程中主观和生理压力指标均有显著变化。与对照组相比，在控制了性别和对网站的情感投入后，使用脸书的参与者皮质醇浓度持续升高（p < 0.05）。结果表明，社交媒体使用可能会延迟或损害急性社会应激源后的恢复。这项新颖的研究将客观生理指标与主观社会心理测量相结合，表明使用脸书可能会对幸福感产生负面影响。
