Climate change news and doomscrolling: An examination of influencing factors and psychological effects [PDF]
Acta PsychologicaIntroduction: Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human life, and news about it can significantly impact mental health. Furthermore, doomscrolling, that is habitual negative consumption, may further exacerbate these effects.
Alejandro Dominguez-Rodriguez +4 more
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Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the doomscrolling scale and the mediating role of doomscrolling in the bidirectional relationship between insomnia and depression [PDF]
BMC PsychiatryBackground Doomscrolling behavior is very common among college students. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Doomscrolling Scale, thus providing a scientific basis for its application among
Lu Yang +4 more
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On not being able to read: doomscrolling and anxiety in pandemic times. [PDF]
Textual Pract, 2023 This article analyses 'doomscrolling', or the compulsive reading of anxiety-inducing online content during the COVID-19 pandemic, against the common idea that it is simply an addictive social practice that impedes mental flourishing. Instead, in order to open up its inclination towards care, I read doomscrolling through the anachronistic neologism that
Salisbury L.
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‘I cannot see ahead’: psychological distress, doomscrolling and dark future among adult survivors following Mw 7.7. and 7.6 earthquakes in Türkiye [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background The earthquakes, which occurred on 6 February 2023, affecting a total of eleven provinces in Türkiye, with magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6, and killing around 50,000 people, caused the greatest loss of life compared to previous earthquakes in ...
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The role of FoMO and nomophobia in explaining the relationship between doomscrolling and poor sleep quality [PDF]
BMC PsychologyThe increasing use of technology in daily life can significantly affect individuals’ habits and lifestyles. With the widespread use of digital devices, sleep quality has become one of the key areas influenced by technological change.
Fatih Camadan, Özgenur Uzunoğlu
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Teaching Journalism in the Era of Doomscrolling
Radical Teacher, 2022 This essay is a meditation on the questions that arose during two years of teaching and my pursuit of understanding the changing world of journalism and finding comfort and solidarity in shared experiences. I am very grateful to my students who took time
Bijoyeta Sahoriya Das
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The lockdown experience scale for students (LESS) [PDF]
BMC Medical Education, 2023 Background The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in many student populations learning online in lockdown. While the mental health consequences of lockdown are increasingly understood, the core features of ‘cabin fever’ – the experience of lockdown – are ...
Ronán M. Conroy, Karen Fitzgerald
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Adverse childhood experiences, loneliness, and doomscrolling on social media newsfeeds among adult men across Generations X, Y, Z [PDF]
Frontiers in SociologyIntroductionDrawing on compensatory and compulsory internet use theories, media system dependency theory, and generational cohort theory, and informed by scholarship on generationally differentiated masculine norms and gendered socialization, this study ...
Sabina Lissitsa, Maya Kagan
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Demystifying the New Dilemma of Brain Rot in the Digital Era: A Review [PDF]
Brain SciencesBackground/Objectives: The widespread phenomenon of “brain rot”, named the Oxford Word of the Year 2024, refers to the cognitive decline and mental exhaustion experienced by individuals, particularly adolescents and young adults, due to excessive ...
Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy Yousef +3 more
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Psikiyatride Güncel YaklaşımlarCOVID-19 pandemic has changed the daily life habits of individuals as well as affecting their physical health. Efforts to acquire information about the outbreak and combat uncertainty have led to an increase in individuals' consumption of negative news ...
Sena Güme
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