UNASSIGNED: An online cross-sectional study design was employed. A total of 1,063 British adults (36.2% males; M age = 38.85, SD age = 13.36, ranging from 18 to 77 years old) participated in the study and completed our questionnaires, which included media usage frequency during the pandemic, the 10-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10), the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), and the Ten-item Personality Inventory (TIPI).
UNASSIGNED: Pearson\'s correlation analyses indicated that there was no significant correlation between COVID-19-related traditional media use (television, radio, newspaper) and psychological distress or sleep quality. However, exposure to information related to COVID-19 through new media use (Facebook, Tik Tok, Twitter) was correlated with greater psychological distress and poorer sleep quality. A moderated mediation analysis showed that psychological distress fully mediated the relationship between new media use and poor sleep, which was moderated by age, with the association between psychological distress and poor sleep quality being stronger among older adults.
UNASSIGNED: Exposure to information of COVID-19 via new (but not traditional) media use deteriorated sleep quality through greater psychological distress, and this relationship was stronger among older adults.
■采用在线横断面研究设计。共有1,063名英国成年人(男性36.2%;M年龄=38.85,SD年龄=13.36,年龄从18岁到77岁)参加了这项研究并完成了我们的问卷,其中包括大流行期间的媒体使用频率,10项凯斯勒心理困扰量表(K10),失眠严重程度指数(ISI),和十项人格量表(TIPI)。
■Pearson\的相关性分析表明,与COVID-19相关的传统媒体使用(电视,收音机,报纸)和心理困扰或睡眠质量。然而,通过新媒体使用接触与COVID-19相关的信息(Facebook,TikTok,Twitter)与更大的心理困扰和更差的睡眠质量相关。有调节的中介分析显示,心理困扰完全介导了新媒体使用与不良睡眠之间的关系,按年龄调节,在老年人中,心理困扰与睡眠质量差之间的关联更强。
■通过新的(但不是传统的)媒体接触COVID-19的信息时,由于心理上的困扰而导致睡眠质量下降,这种关系在老年人中更强。