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The Diverse Manipulators are examining the possibility of a connection between avid social media use and reported levels of mental health. As technologies are emerging, it is important to stay informed of the potential risks and benefits that they possess. Investigating the connection between the two, allows the user of these emerging technologies to make an informed decision before onset use of these emerging networking technologies. (FD)
CURRENT STATE OF FIELD
Choosing to further investigate empirical studies on mental health and the use of social media seemed to be uncomplicated. This seemed to be true, as our results reached the thousands; the fact of the matter is that many studies do find associations between both, …show more content…
One implication states females are more prone to social media addiction than males. A major contributor to social media addiction is depression; Baker, Krieger & LeRoy (2016), found that there is a positive correlation between time spent using social media and the fear of missing out. The present study used an online survey to associate negative mental health and social media use with a built construct known as fear of missing out. As technology advances, dependence amongst young adults can easily be observed. The fear of missing out depicts depressive symptoms, mindful attention, and physical symptoms to be answered using a Likert scale. Trying to keep a study with both high internal and external validity is of great difficulty. This tool, fear of missing out, is in its early stages. Not many studies have devised such guidelines to determine the mental health of an individual. The fear of missing out, is a successful pioneer to help exceed in future studies. In addition, future studies could formulate a new set of guidelines when describing the fear of missing out. Potentially, one could manipulate the constructs observed to fit a variety of issues. One could manipulate the use of social media and compare it to emotional, cognitive, physical, health, …show more content…
Researchers have not been able to find a direct cause of poor mental health in association with social media use, but they did find that there is a correlation between them. For future research a longitudinal design would be helpful to understand how social media affects mental health. Moreover, the need to observe if difference in age, the use of technology, and its effects on mental health over time is essential.
The Diverse Manipulators are examining the possibility of a connection between avid social media use and reported levels of mental health. As technologies are emerging, it is important to stay informed of the potential risks and benefits that they possess. Investigating the connection between the two, allows the user of these emerging technologies to make an informed decision before onset use of these emerging networking technologies. (FD)
CURRENT STATE OF FIELD
Choosing to further investigate empirical studies on mental health and the use of social media seemed to be uncomplicated. This seemed to be true, as our results reached the thousands; the fact of the matter is that many studies do find associations between both, …show more content…
One implication states females are more prone to social media addiction than males. A major contributor to social media addiction is depression; Baker, Krieger & LeRoy (2016), found that there is a positive correlation between time spent using social media and the fear of missing out. The present study used an online survey to associate negative mental health and social media use with a built construct known as fear of missing out. As technology advances, dependence amongst young adults can easily be observed. The fear of missing out depicts depressive symptoms, mindful attention, and physical symptoms to be answered using a Likert scale. Trying to keep a study with both high internal and external validity is of great difficulty. This tool, fear of missing out, is in its early stages. Not many studies have devised such guidelines to determine the mental health of an individual. The fear of missing out, is a successful pioneer to help exceed in future studies. In addition, future studies could formulate a new set of guidelines when describing the fear of missing out. Potentially, one could manipulate the constructs observed to fit a variety of issues. One could manipulate the use of social media and compare it to emotional, cognitive, physical, health, …show more content…
Researchers have not been able to find a direct cause of poor mental health in association with social media use, but they did find that there is a correlation between them. For future research a longitudinal design would be helpful to understand how social media affects mental health. Moreover, the need to observe if difference in age, the use of technology, and its effects on mental health over time is essential.