Health-promoting behavior among undergraduate students in the COVID-19 era: Its association with problematic use of social media, social isolation, and online health information-seeking behavior.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between problematic use of social media, online health information-seeking, social isolation, and health-promoting behaviors among Korean undergraduate students.

Methods

In total, 178 undergraduate students participated in this study. A multiple linear regression analysis was performed.

Results

Predictors of health-promoting behaviors included overall time spent on social media, problematic social media use, social isolation, and online information-seeking, explaining 33.5 % of the variance in health-promoting behaviors.

Conclusion

Prolonged social media use and social isolation negatively affected undergraduate students' health-promoting behaviors, while online information-seeking positively affected them. Nurses should ass

SUBMITTER: Lee C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10162475 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature