Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Center for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2021 Jun;24(6):421-425. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2020.0217. Epub 2020 Dec 31.
As social media use has increased in prevalence, so have concerns that social media may be detrimental to mental health and wellbeing. The primary aim of the current study was to investigate whether limiting social media use leads to increases in wellbeing. A secondary aim was to assess whether sleep quality contributed to the hypothesized relationship between social media use and wellbeing. One hundred and thirty-two individuals participated in the current study, with half the participants limiting their use of Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat for 1 week. Social media use was monitored by having participants email screen shots of their battery usage, which included information on the level of usage for Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. Relative to a control group that did not limit social media use, taking a break from social media led to a small improvement in wellbeing. This improvement, at least in part, appears to be due to changes in sleep quality.
随着社交媒体的普及，人们越来越担心社交媒体可能会对心理健康和幸福感产生不利影响。本研究的主要目的是调查限制社交媒体使用是否会导致幸福感的增加。次要目的是评估睡眠质量是否对社交媒体使用与幸福感之间的假设关系有贡献。本研究共有 132 人参加，其中一半参与者限制了他们在 Facebook、Instagram 和 Snapchat 上的使用一周。参与者通过向研究人员发送电子邮件来监控他们的电池使用情况的屏幕截图，其中包括有关 Facebook、Instagram 和 Snapchat 使用水平的信息。与不限制社交媒体使用的对照组相比，从社交媒体中休息一下会导致幸福感的小幅度提高。这种改善至少部分是由于睡眠质量的变化。
