问题性的社交媒体使用和中国一年级本科生心理健康风险:三波纵向研究
Wanqi Zhou1, Zhihao Yan1,2, Zeyang Yang1
1Department of Psychology, School of Education, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Frontiers in psychiatry
|September 25, 2023
概括
问题性的社交媒体使用 (PSMU) 和心理健康风险,如焦虑和抑郁症,可以在周期性模式下随着时间的推移而相互恶化. 这种双向关系凸显了需要在适应大学生活的学生中解决PSMU的问题.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 问题性的社交媒体使用 (PSMU) 越来越多地与诸如焦虑和抑郁等不良心理健康结果有关.
- 现有的研究主要依赖于横截面数据,限制了对PSMU和心理健康之间的时间动态的理解.
研究的目的:
- 研究问题性社交媒体使用 (PSMU) 的严重程度与心理健康风险 (包括抑郁,焦虑,压力和孤独) 之间的纵向,双向关系.
- 检查PSMU患病率的变化及其与精神健康的关联随着时间的推移在中国一年级本科生队列中.
主要方法:
- 对685名中国一年级本科生 (平均年龄=19.12岁) 进行了三波纵向研究.
- 评估PSMU严重程度和心理健康风险的调查在三个时间点进行,每个波之间有3-4个月的间隔.
- 交叉滞后的面板模型被用来分析PSMU和心理健康变量之间的相互关系.
主要成果:
- 问题性的社交媒体使用 (PSMU) 与所有三个时间点的抑郁,焦虑,压力和孤独都有积极的相关性.
- 在研究过程中,PSMU的患病率显著增加.
- 交叉滞后分析揭示了PSMU和心理健康风险之间的显著双向关系,表明每个可以预测对方的周期性模式.
结论:
- 问题性的社交媒体使用 (PSMU) 和心理健康风险表现出相互的循环关系,表明"恶性循环"可能会对学生福祉产生负面影响.
- 这些双向联系的强度和一致性在不同的心理健康状况和时间间隔之间有所不同.
- 调查结果强调了监测PSMU和中国一年级本科生心理健康的重要性,特别是那些遇到难以适应大学生活的人.
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