@article{ref1,
title="The effect of self-monitoring limited social media use on psychological well-being",
journal="Technology, mind, and behavior",
year="2023",
author="Faulhaber, Manuela Ellen and Lee, Jeong Eun and Gentile, Douglas A.",
volume="4",
number="2",
pages="-",
abstract="An experimental study was conducted to investigate the effect of self-monitoring limited social media usage on psychological well-being. After completing pretest measures, 230 undergraduate students from a large Midwestern university were randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions: either limit their social media usage to 30 min a day or to use social media as usual. After 2 weeks of limiting, the self-monitored group showed significant improvements in their psychological well-being. Anxiety, depression, loneliness, fear of missing out, and negative affect decreased while positive affect increased. These results suggest that limiting social media usage may improve psychological well-being on multiple dimensions. This study is one of the first to experimentally investigate feasible alternatives to social media use abstinence or experimenter-managed limitation. Future studies could investigate motivations and mechanisms of social media use through qualitative explorations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2689-0208",
doi="10.1037/tmb0000111",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000111"
}