Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
J Ment Health. 2021 Apr;30(2):148-155. doi: 10.1080/09638237.2021.1875413. Epub 2021 Mar 9.
The COVID-19 outbreak raised questions about how people experience their mental health, quality of life (QoL), wellbeing and loneliness in the context of social distancing, and the use of social media during this time.
To examine the experience of mental health, QoL, wellbeing and loneliness and use of social media among people living in Norway, USA, UK and Australia.
A cross-country comparative survey of people living in Norway, USA, UK and Australia. Relevant statistical analyses were used to examine differences between the countries and to explore associations between demographic, mental health and psychosocial variables and use of social media.
There were 3810 respondents from four countries, of which 50 - 74% showed a high level of emotional distress. The Norwegian population reported significantly better mental health, QoL and wellbeing and lower levels of loneliness compared to the other countries. High-frequent use of social media after the COVID-19 outbreak was associated with poorer mental- and psychosocial health.
The results suggest that the COVID-19 outbreak took a toll on people's experience of mental health, QoL, wellbeing and experienced loneliness, and high-frequent use of social media was associated with these factors.
COVID-19 疫情爆发引发了人们对社交隔离期间以及在此期间使用社交媒体时，人们如何体验心理健康、生活质量（QoL）、幸福感和孤独感的质疑。
研究挪威、美国、英国和澳大利亚的居民的心理健康、生活质量、幸福感和孤独感以及社交媒体使用情况。
对挪威、美国、英国和澳大利亚的居民进行了一项跨国比较调查。使用相关的统计分析来检查各国之间的差异，并探讨人口统计学、心理健康和心理社会变量与社交媒体使用之间的关联。
四个国家共有 3810 名受访者，其中 50%-74%的人表现出高度的情绪困扰。与其他国家相比，挪威居民的心理健康、生活质量和幸福感明显更好，孤独感水平更低。COVID-19 疫情爆发后，频繁使用社交媒体与心理健康和心理社会健康状况较差有关。
研究结果表明，COVID-19 疫情对人们的心理健康、生活质量、幸福感和孤独感体验造成了影响，而频繁使用社交媒体与这些因素有关。
