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- Title
Comparison of Student Health and Well-Being Profiles and Social Media Use.
- Authors
Wright, Robert R.; Schaeffer, Chad; Mullins, Rhett; Evans, Austin; Cast, Laure
- Abstract
Recently, social media and social networking sites (SNS) have become increasingly accessible and popular, especially among college students. However, it remains unclear as to the effects associated with this increased SNS use on users' health and wellbeing (e.g., social, mental, physical). As such, the current study examined the wellbeing of different SNS users across 5 platforms (i.e., Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Marco Polo, LinkedIn) among college students (N = 630). Participants completed an online questionnaire assessing daily use of these SNS and healthrelated constructs in social, mental, and physical domains. Results suggest that users of imagebased SNS (i.e., Snapchat) showed the most deficits and users of videobased (e.g., Marco Polo) and professional (e.g., LinkedIn) SNS had the best wellbeing profiles. However, regardless of SNS platform used, increased total daily SNS use was related to worse outcomes. As such, use of certain types of SNS platforms may be more harmful to user wellbeing than others, although causal directionality remains unclear.
- Subjects
POLO, Marco, 1254-ca. 1323; STUDENT well-being; ONLINE social networks; STUDENT health; SOCIAL media
- Publication
Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 2020, Vol 25, Issue 1, p14
- ISSN
2164-8204
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24839/2325-7342.JN25.1.14