Media Watch, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: April 17, 2025
The pandemic’s social isolation increased media use, amplifying the existing risks of use among users. Such included mental health struggles, reduced opportunities for interactions and skill deficits. Previous research on development has not fully explored potential mediating role loneliness. We examined how pandemic relates to current feelings loneliness skills (i.e., conversational skills, self-exposure strangers situations, empathetic expression feelings, coping with risk, academic work skills), considering participant sex differences. Participants 101 undergraduate emerging adult college students from a large southeastern public university. assessed during by modifying Facebook Addiction Scale administered Social Skills Inventory Short-Form Measure Loneliness. also answered general demographic questions. tested mediational model in which mediates relationship between skills. Compared males, female participants reported more higher empathy levels. Pandemic was associated decreased found that Test Joint Significance confirmed our hypothesised mediated These findings highlight nuanced effects interpersonal competencies may be helpful regarding guidelines, interventions response times crisis.
Language: Английский