dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Externe beoordelaar - External assesor, | |
dc.contributor.author | Pfeiffenberger, Philipp | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-11T00:00:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-11T00:00:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/42253 | |
dc.description.abstract | As in times of the Covid-19 pandemic many personal and societal variables
change, such as the time spent online, it creates a need to investigate whether negative consequences result from this. This study sought to examine the relationship between social media engagement, mindfulness, and Covid-19 related distress. Based on previous research, it was hypothesized that mindfulness would mediate the relationship between social media engagement and Covid-related distress in negative direction (hypothesis 1). Therein contained, it was expected to find a negative association between mindfulness and social media engagement; a negative association between mindfulness and Covid-19 related distress, and a positive relationship between social media engagement and Covid-19 related distress. Further, it was hypothesized that Covid-19 related perceived information overload (PIO, hypothesis 2a) and fear of missing out (FOMO, hypothesis 2b) would strengthen the relationship between social media engagement and Covid-19 related distress. The current study is characterized by a cross-sectional design which included 140 participants that were recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk (male = 83, M age = 36.42, SD = 11.89). The results support hypothesis 1 and hypothesis 2b. The finding that mindfulness indeed acts as a mediator, points in the direction of developing mindfulness-based interventions that may effectively guide the way how social media should be approached to face less aversive affective outcomes. Further practical implications are to consider FOMO as a possible warning signal of subsequent Covid-19 related distress. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.subject | This study postulated that a great proportion of Covid-19 related distress that is highly prevalent, results from high social media engagement. Further, it postulated that mindfulness may work as a mechanism to reduce media related distress, namely by mediation. In addition, fear of missing out and perceived information overload were explored regarding the relationship of social media engagement and Covid-19 related distress. It was hypothesised that they would both act as moderators. | |
dc.title | Mindfulness as a Mediator in the Relationship between Social Media Engagement and Covid-19 related Distress | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | Mindfulness, Covid-19 distress, social media engagement, mediation, fear of missing out, perceived Covid-19 related information overload | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Clinical Psychology | |
dc.thesis.id | 8227 | |