TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - The effect of self-monitoring limited social media use on psychological well-being
JO  - Technology, mind, and behavior
A1  - Faulhaber, Manuela Ellen
A1  - Lee, Jeong Eun
A1  - Gentile, Douglas A.
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VL  - 4
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2689-0208
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000111
ID  - ref1
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