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dc.contributor.authorBonsaksen, Tore
dc.contributor.authorRuffolo, Mary
dc.contributor.authorPrice, Daicia
dc.contributor.authorLeung, Janni
dc.contributor.authorThygesen, Hilde
dc.contributor.authorLamph, Gary
dc.contributor.authorKabelenga, Isaac
dc.contributor.authorGeirdal, Amy Østertun
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-03T06:52:13Z
dc.date.available2023-10-03T06:52:13Z
dc.date.created2022-12-05T16:37:15Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.issn2164-2850
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3093627
dc.description.abstractBackground: We aimed to examine the association between social media use and loneliness two years after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Methods: Participants were 1649 adults who completed a cross-sectional online survey disseminated openly in Norway, United Kingdom, USA, and Australia between November 2021 and January 2022. Linear regressions examined time spent on social media and participants’ characteristics on loneliness, and interactions by motives for social media use. Results: Participants who worried more about their health and were younger, not employed, and without a spouse or partner reported higher levels of loneliness compared to their counterparts. More time spent on social media was associated with more loneliness (β = 0.12, p < 0.001). Three profile groups emerged for social media use motives: 1) social media use motive ratings on avoiding difficult feelings higher or the same as for maintaining contact; 2) slightly higher ratings for maintaining contact; and 3) substantially higher ratings for maintaining contact. Time spent on social media was significant only in motive profile groups 2 and 3 (β = 0.12 and β = 0.14, both p < 0.01). Conclusions: Our findings suggest that people who use social media for the motive of maintaining their relationships feel lonelier than those who spend the same amount of time on social media for other reasons. While social media may facilitate social contact to a degree, they may not facilitate the type of contact sought by those who use social media primarily for this reason.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleAssociations between social media use and loneliness in a cross-national population: Do motives for social media use matter?en_US
dc.title.alternativeAssociations between social media use and loneliness in a cross-national population: Do motives for social media use matter?en_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.volume11en_US
dc.source.journalHealth Psychology and Behavioral Medicineen_US
dc.source.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/21642850.2022.2158089
dc.identifier.cristin2089020
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode1


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