Department of Pharmacology, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysore, Karnataka, 570015, India.
Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
BMC Psychol. 2024 Jun 15;12(1):352. doi: 10.1186/s40359-024-01850-2.
OBJECTIVE: Social media (SM), with its addictive nature and the accompanying psychosocial challenges such as stress, anxiety, and depression, is the primary factor exacerbating mental health problems and adversely impacting individuals' wellbeing. Our study's goal was to determine how SM affects employees' psychosocial behaviours and assess the various factors that contributed to the employee's excessive use of SM. METHODS: A cross-sectional correlational analysis was conducted. Using a relevant questionnaire on employees, the study was assessed to establish the relationship or association between SM addiction and psychosocial disorders like depression, anxiety, and stress. 200 people with a minimum age of 24 were enrolled in the study. The questionnaire contained the social networking addiction scale (SNAS) and the depression, anxiety, and stress-21 (DASS-21) scales; the data were statistically assessed. RESULTS: The association between SM addiction and psychosocial behaviours has been examined using statistical tools including descriptive statistics and the Chi-square analysis. SM addiction has a strong, statistically significant correlation with depression (p = 0.001), stress (p = 0.001), and anxiety (p = 0.001). CONCLUSION: This study discovered a connection between SM use and depression, stress, and anxiety among working employees, raising questions regarding worries about overuse and addiction to SM. Various factors influencing excessive usage included revealed that employees also majorly over used SM for entertainment, boredom avoidance, constant knowledge sharing, and relationship-building.
目的:社交媒体(SM)具有成瘾性,伴随着压力、焦虑和抑郁等心理社会挑战,是加剧心理健康问题和对个人幸福感产生不利影响的主要因素。我们的研究旨在确定 SM 如何影响员工的心理社会行为,并评估导致员工过度使用 SM 的各种因素。
方法:采用横断面相关性分析。使用有关员工的调查问卷,评估研究以确定 SM 成瘾与抑郁、焦虑和压力等心理障碍之间的关系或关联。研究纳入了 200 名年龄至少为 24 岁的人。问卷包含社交网络成瘾量表(SNAS)和抑郁、焦虑和压力 21 项量表(DASS-21);对数据进行了统计评估。
结果:使用包括描述性统计和卡方分析在内的统计工具检查了 SM 成瘾与心理社会行为之间的关联。SM 成瘾与抑郁(p=0.001)、压力(p=0.001)和焦虑(p=0.001)具有强烈的、统计学显著的相关性。
结论:这项研究发现了工作员工中 SM 使用与抑郁、压力和焦虑之间的联系,引发了对过度使用和对 SM 成瘾的担忧。影响过度使用的各种因素表明,员工还主要将 SM 用于娱乐、避免无聊、不断分享知识和建立关系。
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