Media use, positive and negative emotions, and stress levels of adults during COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey: A cross-sectional study
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING PRACTICE, cilt.28, sa.2, ss.1-10, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2022
- Doi Numarası: 10.1111/ijn.13035
- Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING PRACTICE
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Psycinfo
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-10
- Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19, emotion, media, mental health, nursing, stress
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Aim: This study was conducted to determine media use, positive and negative emotions, and stress levels of adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Background: Using media tools in the pandemic process has impacted the mental health of individuals. As the COVID-19 outbreak is a new disease fear, anxiety and stress about this situation can cause strong emotions in adults.
Methods: The research was carried out using a cross-sectional design. The sample consisted of 1541 adults. The Positive and Negative Emotion Scale, and the Perceived Stress Scale were used to collect the data.
Results: The Positive Emotion Scale mean scores were lower (p < 0.05) for those people whose daily media use time was more than 4 h and who followed the developments about COVID-19 through the media once a day. It was found that those with daily media use of more than 4 h/day had higher Perceived Stress Scale scores than those with lower use (p > 0.05).
Conclusion: This study concluded that the use of media in adults increased during the COVID-19 outbreak and that media use was associated with positive and negative emotions and stress levels. Health professionals should assess the effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on mental health in various community groups and develop interventions to prevent negative consequences of increased media use.