Frontoparietal functional connectivity moderates the link between time spent on social media and subsequent negative affect in daily life.

ABSTRACT: Evidence on the harms and benefits of social media use is mixed, in part because the effects of social media on well-being depend on a variety of individual difference moderators. Here, we explored potential neural moderators of the link between time spent on social media and subsequent negative affect. We specifically focused on the strength of correlation among brain regions within the frontoparietal system, previously associated with the top-down cognitive control of attention and emotion. Participants (N = 54) underwent a resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging scan. Participants then completed 28 days of ecological momentary assessment and answered questions about social media use and negative affect, twice a day. Participants who spent more than their typical amount of ti

SUBMITTER: Kang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10665348 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature