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dc.contributor.authorBonsaksen, Tore
dc.contributor.authorRuffolo, Mary
dc.contributor.authorLeung, Janni
dc.contributor.authorPrice, Daicia
dc.contributor.authorThygesen, Hilde
dc.contributor.authorSchoultz, Mariyana
dc.contributor.authorGeirdal, Amy Østertun
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-28T12:23:45Z
dc.date.available2021-09-28T12:23:45Z
dc.date.created2021-06-22T13:19:31Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-01
dc.identifier.citationSocial Media + Society. 2021, 1-10.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2056-3051
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2784117
dc.description.abstractSocial distancing rules during the COVID-19 pandemic changed social interaction for many and increased the risk of loneliness in the general population. Social media use has been ambiguously related to loneliness, and associations may differ by age. The study aimed to examine loneliness and its association with social media use within different age groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia during April/May 2020, and 3,810 participants aged 18 years or above were recruited. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine associations between social media use and social and emotional loneliness within separate age groups. Emotional loneliness was higher among young adults and among those who used social media several times daily. Adjusting by sociodemographic variables, using more types of social media was associated with lower social loneliness among the oldest participants, and with higher emotional loneliness among the youngest participants. Among middle-aged participants, using social media more frequently was associated with lower social loneliness. We found that the associations between social media use and loneliness varied by age. Older people’s engagement on social media may be a resource to reduce loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic. We observed higher levels of loneliness among high-frequent social media users of younger age.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSocial Media + Society;Volume: 7, issue: 3
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectCoronavirusen_US
dc.subjectCross-national studiesen_US
dc.subjectPandemicsen_US
dc.subjectSocial distancingen_US
dc.titleLoneliness and its association with social media use during the COVID-19 outbreaken_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© The Author(s) 2021en_US
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode1
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211033821
dc.identifier.cristin1917687
dc.source.journalSocial Media + Societyen_US
dc.source.volume7en_US
dc.source.issue3en_US
dc.source.pagenumber1-10en_US


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