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dc.rights.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisorExterne beoordelaar - External assesor,
dc.contributor.authorPfeiffenberger, Philipp
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-11T00:00:27Z
dc.date.available2022-08-11T00:00:27Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/42253
dc.description.abstractAs 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.sponsorshipUtrecht University
dc.language.isoEN
dc.subjectThis 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.titleMindfulness as a Mediator in the Relationship between Social Media Engagement and Covid-19 related Distress
dc.type.contentMaster Thesis
dc.rights.accessrightsOpen Access
dc.subject.keywordsMindfulness, Covid-19 distress, social media engagement, mediation, fear of missing out, perceived Covid-19 related information overload
dc.subject.courseuuClinical Psychology
dc.thesis.id8227


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