Mechanism study of social media overload on health self-efficacy and anxiety [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Previous studies have found that people's excessive use of social media may have a negative impact on their crisis coping skills. This study focuses on the effects of social media overload (information overload, communication overload and social overload)
Kai Li +3 more
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The impact of social media overload on learning engagement: a moderated mediation model [PDF]
BMC PsychologyThis research aims to investigate the mechanisms through which social media overload affects learning engagement among university students. A moderated mediation model was constructed to examine the mediating role of ego depletion between social media ...
Ninggui Duan +4 more
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Telematics and Informatics Reports, 2022 The prevalence of misinformation on social media during COVID-19 causes the emergence of infodemic. Despite the recognition that excessive social media use results in the dissemination of misinformation, a theoretical understanding of the relationship ...
Manli Wu, Yiming Pei
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Social Media Overload and Anxiety Among University Students During the COVID-19 Omicron Wave Lockdown: A Cross-Sectional Study in Shanghai, China, 2022 [PDF]
International Journal of Public Health, 2023 Objectives: The increase in the intensity of social media use during the COVID-19 lockdown has affected mental health. Therefore, it is of practical implications to explore the association between social media overload and anxiety and the underlying ...
Yangyang Wang +4 more
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Social Media Overload as a Predictor of Depressive Symptoms Under the COVID-19 Infodemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey From Chinese University Students [PDF]
International Journal of Public Health, 2023 Objectives: People’s mental health and digital usage have attracted widespread attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to investigate how social media overload influenced depressive symptoms under the COVID-19 infodemic and the role of ...
Tian Xie +3 more
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Effect of social media overload on college students’ academic performance under the COVID-19 quarantine [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Features and relevant services of online social media have been attracting users during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous studies have shown that college students tend to use social media more frequently than other groups.
Yan Xu +5 more
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Too much social media to sleep: the chained mediation effect of information strain and depressive symptoms on the relationship between social media overload and insomnia [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Although the relationship between social media use and insomnia has been confirmed, few studies have explored the association between social media overload and insomnia, and the underlying mechanism is still unclear.
Tian Xie, Yangyang Wang
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Information Processing and Management, 2020 While users’ discontinuance of use has posed a challenge for social media in recent years, there is a paucity of knowledge on the relationships between different dimensions of overload and how overload adversely affects users’ social media discontinuance
Markus Salo, Yong Liu, Shaoxiong Fu
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Overloaded yet addicted? A meta-analysis of the outcomes of social media overload
Telematics and InformaticspeerReviewed
Markus Salo +2 more
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Is boredom proneness related to social media overload and fatigue? A stress–strain–outcome approach
Internet Research, 2020 PurposeSocial media overload and fatigue have become common phenomena that are negatively affecting people's well-being and productivity. It is, therefore, important to understand the causes of social media overload and fatigue.
Stoney Brooks +2 more
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