Social Media Use, Fake News and Mental Health during the Uncertain Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ukraine
Haydabrus, Andriy (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Linskiy, Igor (National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine)
Gimenez-Llort, Lydia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Neurociències

Fecha:	2023
Descripción:	12 pàg.
Resumen:	A sample of 351 adults (women/men 4:1) aged 18 to 60 participated in an online survey administered during the first two waves (15 March-25 April and 10 October-25 November 2020) of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine. The user ethnography profile was Generation Z (born in the 1990s), female (81. 2%), Instagrammer (60. 3%), unmarried (56. 9%) and student (42. 9%). An increased time spent on social media (3. 18 h/day), searching for COVID-19-related information (1. 01 h/day) after the first COVID-19 case and the observation of fake news that went viral (58. 8%) decreased in the second wave. Alterations (increase or reduction) in sleep patterns (46. 7%) and changes (increase or loss) in appetite (32. 7%) affected participants' well-being, but only sleep ameliorated in the second wave. Mental health reports unveiled moderate perceived stress (PSS-10: 20. 61 ± 1. 13) and mild anxiety (GAD-7: 14. 17 ± 0. 22), which improved in the second wave. A higher prevalence of severe anxiety (8. 5%) was found among individuals in the first survey (8. 5%) than those in the second (3. 3%). Social media counteracted physical distance policies and played as an immediate source of (mis)information for users, but also anticipated the impact of the most uncertain times of this COVID-19 physical health crisis on well-being and mental health.
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Materia:	Centennials ; COVID-19 ; Fake news ; Generation Z ; Mental health ; Pandemic ; Social media ; SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Publicado en:	Behavioral sciences, Vol. 13 Núm. 4 (2023) , art. 339, ISSN 2076-328X

DOI: 10.3390/bs13040339
PMID: 37102853

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