Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon.
Univ. Limoges, UMR 1094, Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale, Institut d'Epidémiologie et de Neurologie Tropicale, GEIST, 87000, Limoges, France.
Head Face Med. 2021 Feb 23;17(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s13005-021-00260-8.
Psychological factors such as depression, anxiety, stress and insomnia and problematic social media use are able to alter our memories and might have an impact on memory function and retrieval. More studies are needed to better understand the relationship between memory performance and mental health disorders, especially the ones that could be related to problematic social media use. The objective of this study was to evaluate any association between problematic social media use, depression, anxiety, stress, and insomnia vs memory performance among a representative sample of Lebanese people.
This cross-sectional study, conducted between January and May 2019, enrolled 466 community dwelling participants using a proportionate random sample from all Lebanese governorates. The questionnaire consisted of the following measures: the Memory Awareness Rating Scale (MARS) to assesses views of memory performance, the problematic social media use scale to measure the degree of addiction to social media, the Hamilton depression rating scale and Hamilton anxiety scale to assess depression and anxiety respectively, the Beirut Distress Scale to assess stress and the Lebanese Insomnia sale to assess insomnia. The data analysis was performed using the SPSS software version 25. A linear regression was conducted, taking the memory performance scale as the dependent variable. A mediation analysis was performed to test the effect of problematic social media use on memory performance mediated by depression, anxiety, stress and insomnia.
Higher problematic social media use (Beta = - 0.21) and higher anxiety (Beta = - 0.25) were significantly associated with lower memory performance. The association between problematic social media use and memory performance was partially mediated by anxiety (21.19%) but not depression, stress or insomnia.
Concerning problematic social media use, a clear correlation was demonstrated in this study linking it to lower memory performances. Future studies should evaluate the possible mechanisms and methods for effective awareness especially towards the younger generation.
抑郁、焦虑、压力和失眠等心理因素以及有问题的社交媒体使用会改变我们的记忆，并可能对记忆功能和检索产生影响。需要更多的研究来更好地理解记忆表现与心理健康障碍之间的关系，特别是那些可能与有问题的社交媒体使用有关的关系。本研究的目的是评估在黎巴嫩有代表性的人群中，有问题的社交媒体使用、抑郁、焦虑、压力和失眠与记忆表现之间的任何关联。
这项横断面研究于 2019 年 1 月至 5 月进行，从所有黎巴嫩省份采用比例随机抽样的方法招募了 466 名居住在社区的参与者。问卷包括以下措施：记忆意识评定量表（MARS）评估对记忆表现的看法、有问题的社交媒体使用量表衡量对社交媒体的成瘾程度、汉密尔顿抑郁评定量表和汉密尔顿焦虑量表分别评估抑郁和焦虑、贝鲁特痛苦量表评估压力和黎巴嫩失眠量表评估失眠。数据分析使用 SPSS 软件版本 25。进行了线性回归，将记忆表现量表作为因变量。进行了中介分析，以测试有问题的社交媒体使用通过抑郁、焦虑、压力和失眠对记忆表现的影响。
较高的有问题的社交媒体使用（Beta=-0.21）和较高的焦虑（Beta=-0.25）与较低的记忆表现显著相关。有问题的社交媒体使用与记忆表现之间的关联部分通过焦虑（21.19%）中介，但不通过抑郁、压力或失眠。
在有问题的社交媒体使用方面，本研究清楚地表明了与较低的记忆表现之间的关联。未来的研究应评估可能的机制和方法，特别是针对年轻一代，以提高认识。
