Self-compassion moderates the predictive effects of social media use profiles on depression and anxiety

This study identified patterns of social media use, examined their relationships with anxiety and depression, and investigated whether levels of self-compassion moderated these relationships. Three-hundred university students who used social media (Mage = 34.90, SD = 11.19, 77.3% female) completed a...

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Autores principales:	Wendy J. Phillips, Anna T. Wisniewski
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Social media Social media use profiles Depression Anxiety Self-compassion Electronic computers. Computer science QA75.5-76.95 Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:370e7511f29e41ef8448878ad7326a872021-12-01T05:04:37ZSelf-compassion moderates the predictive effects of social media use profiles on depression and anxiety2451-958810.1016/j.chbr.2021.100128https://doaj.org/article/370e7511f29e41ef8448878ad7326a872021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451958821000762https://doaj.org/toc/2451-9588This study identified patterns of social media use, examined their relationships with anxiety and depression, and investigated whether levels of self-compassion moderated these relationships. Three-hundred university students who used social media (Mage = 34.90, SD = 11.19, 77.3% female) completed an online survey. Variables that assessed time spent on social media, frequency of use, problematic social media use, fear of missing out, emotional responses to using social media, and perceptions of online interactions were subjected to a two-step cluster analysis. Four distinct social media use profiles emerged: Problem Users, Disenchanted Dabblers, Moderate Users, and Contented Dabblers. ANOVAs revealed that Problem Users reported higher mean levels of anxiety and depression than did the other three groups. However, subsequent moderation analyses found that self-compassion buffered these relationships, with highly self-compassionate Problem Users reporting similar levels of anxiety and depression to the other profile groups. These findings suggest that self-compassion may protect vulnerable social media users against anxiety and depression. Implications of the findings are discussed.Wendy J. PhillipsAnna T. WisniewskiElsevierarticleSocial mediaSocial media use profilesDepressionAnxietySelf-compassionElectronic computers. Computer scienceQA75.5-76.95PsychologyBF1-990ENComputers in Human Behavior Reports, Vol 4, Iss , Pp 100128- (2021)
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topic	Social media Social media use profiles Depression Anxiety Self-compassion Electronic computers. Computer science QA75.5-76.95 Psychology BF1-990
spellingShingle	Social media Social media use profiles Depression Anxiety Self-compassion Electronic computers. Computer science QA75.5-76.95 Psychology BF1-990 Wendy J. Phillips Anna T. Wisniewski Self-compassion moderates the predictive effects of social media use profiles on depression and anxiety
description	This study identified patterns of social media use, examined their relationships with anxiety and depression, and investigated whether levels of self-compassion moderated these relationships. Three-hundred university students who used social media (Mage = 34.90, SD = 11.19, 77.3% female) completed an online survey. Variables that assessed time spent on social media, frequency of use, problematic social media use, fear of missing out, emotional responses to using social media, and perceptions of online interactions were subjected to a two-step cluster analysis. Four distinct social media use profiles emerged: Problem Users, Disenchanted Dabblers, Moderate Users, and Contented Dabblers. ANOVAs revealed that Problem Users reported higher mean levels of anxiety and depression than did the other three groups. However, subsequent moderation analyses found that self-compassion buffered these relationships, with highly self-compassionate Problem Users reporting similar levels of anxiety and depression to the other profile groups. These findings suggest that self-compassion may protect vulnerable social media users against anxiety and depression. Implications of the findings are discussed.
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title	Self-compassion moderates the predictive effects of social media use profiles on depression and anxiety
title_short	Self-compassion moderates the predictive effects of social media use profiles on depression and anxiety
title_full	Self-compassion moderates the predictive effects of social media use profiles on depression and anxiety
title_fullStr	Self-compassion moderates the predictive effects of social media use profiles on depression and anxiety
title_full_unstemmed	Self-compassion moderates the predictive effects of social media use profiles on depression and anxiety
title_sort	self-compassion moderates the predictive effects of social media use profiles on depression and anxiety
publisher	Elsevier
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Self-compassion moderates the predictive effects of social media use profiles on depression and anxiety

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