What does media use reveal about personality and mental health?
- The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between personality traits, mental health variables and media use among German students. The data of 633 participants were collected. Results indicate a positive association between general Internet use, general use of social platforms and Facebook use, on the one hand, and self-esteem, extraversion, narcissism, life satisfaction, social support and resilience, on the other hand. Use of computer games was found to be negatively related to these personality and mental health variables. The use of platforms that focus more on written interaction (Twitter, Tumblr) was assumed to be negatively associated with positive mental health variables and significantly positively with depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms. In contrast, Instagram use, which focuses more on photo-sharing, correlated positively with positive mental health variables. Possible practical implications of the present results for mental health, as well as the limitations of the present work are discussed.
| Author: | Julia BrailovskaiaORCiDGND, Jürgen MargrafORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-59901 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191810 |
| Parent Title (English): | PLoS one |
| Subtitle (German): | An exploratory investigation among German students |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2018/07/19 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2018/01/25 |
| Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
| Tag: | Open Access Fonds |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| First Page: | e0191810-1 |
| Last Page: | e0191810-16 |
| Note: | Article Processing Charge funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
| Note: | PLoS ONE, Bd. 13.2018, H. 1, Artikelnummer e0191810 |
| Institutes/Facilities: | Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum für psychische Gesundheit |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | Philosophie und Psychologie / Psychologie |
| open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
| faculties: | Fakultät für Psychologie |
| Licence (English): |  Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0 - Attribution 4.0 International |
