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Social Media Use and Its Association with Mental Health and Internet Addiction among Portuguese Higher Education Students during COVID-19 Confinement

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dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Ana Paula
dc.contributor.authorNobre, Joana Rita
dc.contributor.authorLuis, Henrique
dc.contributor.authorLuis, Luis Soares
dc.contributor.authorPinho, Lara Guedes
dc.contributor.authorAlbacar-Riobóo, Núria
dc.contributor.authorSequeira, Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-16T18:20:21Z
dc.date.available2024-01-16T18:20:21Z
dc.date.issued2022-12-30
dc.descriptionFunding This research received no external funding.pt_PT
dc.description.abstractThe use of social media was one of the most common way to keep in touch with friends and family during confinement. For higher education students, the fact that their universities were closed was a major change in their lives. The aim of this study is to relate the prevalence and type of social media with Internet addiction and mental health of university students in a district of Portugal during COVID-19 confinement. Mental health was studied by applying the reduced version of the Mental Health Inventory (MHI-5) and to measure the Internet use and dependence, the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) was used. The study (cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational) used an online questionnaire, conducted on Google® Forms and the link was sent to 4450 students, in the months of April to June 2020, during the confinement. A total of 329 valid questionnaires were obtained. We can conclude that regarding mental health, students in the 18–24 age group, single or divorced and who are not in a relationship, and with worse academic results, show worse levels of mental health. It is noteworthy that the students with the same characteristics also have the highest levels of addiction to internet. © 2022 by the authors.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationOliveira, A.P.; Nobre, J.R.; Luis, H.; Luis, L.S.; Pinho, L.G.; Albacar-Riobóo, N.; Sequeira, C. Social Media Use and Its Association with Mental Health and Internet Addiction among Portuguese Higher Education Students during COVID-19 Confinement. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 664. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph20010664pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph20010664pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn1660-4601
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/9298
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/664pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectSocial mediapt_PT
dc.subjectInternet addictionpt_PT
dc.subjectMental healthpt_PT
dc.subjectHigher education studentspt_PT
dc.subjectConfinementpt_PT
dc.titleSocial Media Use and Its Association with Mental Health and Internet Addiction among Portuguese Higher Education Students during COVID-19 Confinementpt_PT
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oaire.citation.startPage664pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume20pt_PT
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