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The Relationship Between Nighttime Social Media Use and Sleep Quality in Young Adults: The Mediating Role of Social Comparison and the Moderating Gender Roles
Sauter, Ronja (2022) The Relationship Between Nighttime Social Media Use and Sleep Quality in Young Adults: The Mediating Role of Social Comparison and the Moderating Gender Roles.
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| Abstract: | Nighttime social media use in young adults has increased significantly in the past years. Due to the shift towards online social interactions, young adults continue to use social media – even after lights out. Especially young adults tend to engage in social comparison behaviour, which is why this variable has been proposed to mediate the relationship between nighttime social media use and sleep quality. Additionally, gender differences have been suggested to moderate this mediation. Through convenience and snowball sampling, a total of N = 80 participants between the age of 18 and 29 were recruited. The participants filled out an online survey, which included questionnaires measuring the variables of sleep quality, social comparison, and nighttime social media use. The mediation analysis revealed no significant difference in people who do and do not use social media at nighttime regarding their sleep quality and social comparison behaviour. Furthermore, social comparison behaviour did neither predict sleep quality nor did it mediate the relation between nighttime social media use and sleep quality. Besides that, no gender differences were found. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/91540 |
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