Doomscrolling during COVID-19: The negative association between daily social and traditional media consumption and mental health symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. | Zendy

Matthew Price | Zendy; Alison C. Legrand | Zendy; Zoe M. F. Brier | Zendy; Katherine van StolkCooke | Zendy; Kelly Peck | Zendy; Peter Sheridan Dodds | Zendy; Christopher M. Danforth | Zendy; Zachary W. Adams | Zendy

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Doomscrolling during COVID-19: The negative association between daily social and traditional media consumption and mental health symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Author(s) -

Matthew Price,

Alison C. Legrand,

Zoe M. F. Brier,

Katherine van StolkCooke,

Kelly Peck,

Peter Sheridan Dodds,

Christopher M. Danforth,

Zachary W. Adams

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

psychological trauma theory research practice and policy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.059

H-Index - 48

eISSN - 1942-9681

pISSN - 1942-969X

DOI - 10.1037/tra0001202

Subject(s) - psychopathology , psycinfo , mental health , psychology , pandemic , multilevel model , social media , media consumption , depression (economics) , psychiatry , covid-19 , poison control , suicide prevention , injury prevention , clinical psychology , medicine , environmental health , medline , advertising , disease , pathology , machine learning , political science , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , business , economics , macroeconomics

Consumption of traditional and social media markedly increased at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as new information about the virus and safety guidelines evolved. Much of the information concerned restrictions on daily living activities and the risk posed by the virus. The term doomscrolling is used to describe the phenomenon of elevated negative affect after viewing pandemic-related media. The magnitude and duration of this effect, however, is unclear. Furthermore, the effect of doomscrolling likely varies based on prior vulnerabilities for psychopathology, such as a history of childhood maltreatment. It was hypothesized that social and traditional media exposure were related to an increase in depression and PTSD and that this increase was moderated by childhood maltreatment severity.

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