Interventions addressing loneliness amongst university students: a systematic review

OB Ellard, C Dennison… - Child and adolescent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Loneliness is detrimental to mental health, with university students at higher risk
of feeling lonely than other population groups. However, little research has explored …

Interpersonal affective touch in a virtual world: feeling the social presence of others to overcome loneliness

L Della Longa, I Valori, T Farroni - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Humans are by nature social beings tuned to communicate and interact from the very
beginning of their lives. The sense of touch represents the most direct and intimate channel …

Facing loneliness and anxiety during the COVID-19 isolation: the role of excessive social media use in a sample of Italian adults

V Boursier, F Gioia, A Musetti, A Schimmenti - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prompted people to face a
distressing and unexpected situation. Uncertainty and social distancing changed people's …

Social media and loneliness: Why an Instagram picture may be worth more than a thousand Twitter words

M Pittman, B Reich - Computers in human behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
Social media use continues to grow and is especially prevalent among young adults. It is
surprising then that, in spite of this enhanced interconnectivity, young adults may be lonelier …

Follow or be followed: Exploring the links between Instagram popularity, social media addiction, cyber victimization, and subjective happiness in Italian adolescents

C Longobardi, M Settanni, MA Fabris… - Children and youth …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction The aim of the study is to investigate the association between Instagram
popularity and subjective happiness, and to test the mediating roles of cyber victimization …

Lying or longing for likes? Narcissism, peer belonging, loneliness and normative versus deceptive like-seeking on Instagram in emerging adulthood

TM Dumas, M Maxwell-Smith, JP Davis… - Computers in human …, 2017 - Elsevier
We examined the extent to which emerging adults engage in different behaviors on
Instagram, a popular social networking site, to gain attention and validation from others via …

Do you filter who you are?: Excessive self-presentation, social cues, and user evaluations of Instagram selfies

S Hong, MR Jahng, N Lee, KR Wise - Computers in Human Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Innovation in the areas of social media, mobile devices, and wireless connectivity fosters
new reflections on communication research, specifically in the area of self-presentation. In …

Narcissistic adolescents' attention-seeking following social rejection: Links with social media disclosure, problematic social media use, and smartphone stress

ST Hawk, RJJM van den Eijnden, CJ van Lissa… - Computers in Human …, 2019 - Elsevier
In line with a Dynamic Self-Regulatory Processing Model of narcissism (Morf & Rhodewalt,
2001), the present study adopted a motivated self-construction perspective to examine …

Centennials, FOMO, and loneliness: An investigation of the impact of social networking and messaging/VoIP apps usage during the initial stage of the coronavirus …

E Fumagalli, MB Dolmatzian, LJ Shrum - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The current COVID-19 pandemic has had obvious, well-documented devastating effects on
people's physical health. In this research, we investigate its potential effects on people's …

Mediated communication matters during the COVID-19 pandemic: The use of interpersonal and masspersonal media and psychological well-being

M Choi, H Choung - Journal of Social and Personal …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed our social lives. Stay-at-home orders
and physical distancing guidelines have led to restricted face-to-face interactions. The role …