TY - GEN
T1 - Does a social media abstinence really reduce stress? A research-in-progress study using salivary biomarkers
AU - Whelan, Eoin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - There is much scientific evidence in recent years indicating that our ‘always on’ culture powered by platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and WhatsApp, is leading to negative health outcomes, particularly stress. To mitigate social media induced stress, people are being advised to abstain from using social media for a period of time. However, the effectiveness of such breaks is open to question. As many people are heavily dependent on social media, the inability to access these platforms for a period of time could actually create stress and anxiety. To determine if and how social media abstinence relates to stress, this project will investigate the role of passion as a mediating variable. Stress will be measured using a combination of the salivary biomarkers cortisol and alpha amylase, with psychological scales. Ultimately, this study aims to determine the boundary conditions under which an abstinence from social media use will either increase or decrease stress levels in working professionals.
AB - There is much scientific evidence in recent years indicating that our ‘always on’ culture powered by platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and WhatsApp, is leading to negative health outcomes, particularly stress. To mitigate social media induced stress, people are being advised to abstain from using social media for a period of time. However, the effectiveness of such breaks is open to question. As many people are heavily dependent on social media, the inability to access these platforms for a period of time could actually create stress and anxiety. To determine if and how social media abstinence relates to stress, this project will investigate the role of passion as a mediating variable. Stress will be measured using a combination of the salivary biomarkers cortisol and alpha amylase, with psychological scales. Ultimately, this study aims to determine the boundary conditions under which an abstinence from social media use will either increase or decrease stress levels in working professionals.
KW - Abstinence
KW - Alpha amylase
KW - Cortisol
KW - Social media
KW - Stress
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85077861274
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-28144-1_2
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-28144-1_2
M3 - Conference Publication
AN - SCOPUS:85077861274
SN - 9783030281434
T3 - Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation
SP - 13
EP - 18
BT - Information Systems and Neuroscience - NeuroIS Retreat 2019
A2 - Davis, Fred D.
A2 - Riedl, René
A2 - Riedl, René
A2 - vom Brocke, Jan
A2 - Léger, Pierre-Majorique
A2 - Randolph, Adriane
A2 - Fischer, Thomas
PB - Springer
T2 - International Conference on Information Systems and Neuroscience, NeuroIS Retreat 2019
Y2 - 4 June 2019 through 6 June 2019
ER -