Doomscrolling during COVID-19: The negative association between daily social and traditional media consumption and mental health symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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OBJECTIVE: is used to describe the phenomenon of elevated negative affect after viewing pandemic-related media. The magnitude and duration of this effect, however, is unclear. Furthermore, the effect of doomscrolling likely varies based on prior vulnerabilities for psychopathology, such as a history of childhood maltreatment. It was hypothesized that social and traditional media exposure were related to an increase in depression and PTSD and that this increase was moderated by childhood maltreatment severity. METHOD: Participants completed a baseline assessment for psychopathology and 30 days of daily assessments of depression, PTSD, and pandemic-related media use. RESULTS: Using multilevel modeling, social media exposure was associated with increased depression and PTSD. This association was stronger for those with more severe maltreatment histories. Furthermore, those with more severe baseline psychopathology used more social media during this period. These relations were not observed for traditional media sources. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that regular viewing of pandemic-related social media is associated with increases in psychopathology for those with existing vulnerabilities. Those with such vulnerabilities should adopt strategies to limit social media consumption. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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Individuals with high levels of trait anxiety, neuroticism, a history of severe maltreatment, or more severe baseline psychopathology tend to exhibit increased overall levels of media exposure and constitute a particularly vulnerable group.
“Individuals with high levels of trait anxiety, neuroticism, and a history of severe maltreatment, as well as those with more severe baseline psychopathology, tend to exhibit increased overall levels of media exposure and thus constitute a group considered particularly vulnerable [72,150].”
From Impact of Media-Induced Uncertainty on Mental Health: Narrative-Based Perspective. (2025) · cites this paper as [72]
The Results (page not provided) link more severe baseline PTSD and depression to more frequent social media access, and link severe childhood maltreatment to greater symptom increases on days social media was accessed. They found no association between maltreatment history and frequency of media access, or between baseline psychopathology and traditional-media access. The paper does not address trait anxiety or neuroticism. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe negative impact of pandemic-related media exposure on psychological state is more pronounced in social media than in traditional media.
“This negative impact on the psychological state has been found to be more pronounced in social media than in traditional media [64,68,71-73].”
From Impact of Media-Induced Uncertainty on Mental Health: Narrative-Based Perspective. (2025) · cites this paper as [72]
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- Authors
- Price, M., Legrand, A. C., Brier, Z. M. F., van Stolk-Cooke, K., Peck, K., Dodds, P. S., Danforth, C. M., & Adams, Z. W.
- Affiliations
- University of Vermont (US)
- Indiana University School of Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Price, Matthew
- ORCID
- Venue
- Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
- Published
- 2022-11
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1338-1346
- ISSN
- 1942-9681 (ISSN-L)
- 1942-969X
- PMC
- PMC10074257
- OpenAlex
- W4225864710
- Cited by
- 141
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 3
- FWCI
- 26.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- IUScholarWorks (Indiana University) (submittedVersion)
- Purdue University Indianapolis (Indiana University) (submittedVersion)
- PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
- PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (K08MH107661)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (K23DA038257)
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (5P20GM103644-06)
- Child and Adolescent Psychology Training and Research, Inc.
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Communication › Communication and COVID-19 Impact
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Keywords
- doomscrolling, COVID-19 pandemic, social media use, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, child abuse, psychopathology, negative affect, media exposure
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, Mental Disorders, Humans, Mental Health, Pandemics, Social Media
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