Social media addiction and emotions during the disaster recovery period-The moderating role of post-COVID timing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social media addiction, a recently emerged term in medical science, has attracted the attention of researchers because of its significant physical and psychological effects on its users. The issue has attracted more attention during the COVID era because negative emotions (e.g., anxiety and fear) generated from the COVID pandemic may have increased social media addiction. Therefore, the present study investigates the role of negative emotions and social media addiction (SMA) on health problems during and after the COVID lockdown.

Methods

A survey was conducted with 2926 participants aged between 25 and 45 years from all eight divisions of Bangladesh. The data collection period was between 2nd September- 13th October, 2020. Partial Least Square Structural Equation

SUBMITTER: Nur-A Yazdani DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9584413 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature