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| Title |
Social Media under the Skin: Facebook Use after Acute Stress Impairs Cortisol Recovery
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, September 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01609 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Holly M. Rus, Jitske Tiemensma |
| Abstract |
Social media's influence on stress remains largely unknown. Conflicting research suggests that Facebook use may both enhance and undermine psychosocial constructs related to well-being. Using novel experimental methods, this study examined the impact of social media use on stress recovery. Facebook users (n = 92, 49 males, mean age 19.55 SD = 1.63) were randomly assigned to use their own Facebook profile or quietly read after experiencing an acute social stressor. All participants showed significant changes in subjective and physiological stress markers during recovery. Participants who used Facebook experienced greater sustained cortisol concentration (p < 0.05) when controlling for gender and emotional investment in the website compared to controls. Results suggest that social media use may delay or impair recovery after experiencing an acute social stressor. This novel study incorporated objective physiological markers with subjective psychosocial measures to show that Facebook use may negatively impact well-being. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 26 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 42% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Denmark | 1 | 4% |
| India | 1 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 11 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 15 | 58% |
| Scientists | 6 | 23% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 12% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 91 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 91 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 7% |
| Lecturer | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 16% |
| Unknown | 35 | 38% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 16 | 18% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 18% |
| Unknown | 40 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 29. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 September 2021.
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#1,264,921
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#2,593
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#26,013
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#66
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