Background Social media use (SMU) has become highly prevalent in modern society,
especially among young adults. Research has examined how SMU affects well-being, with …

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in negative mental health outcomes throughout the
world, and its impact on social interactions and relationships is likely to be evident in …

Trait mindfulness appears to be related to lower levels of negative affective symptoms, but it
remains uncertain which facets of mindfulness are most important in this relationship …

The current review and synthesis was designed to provocatively develop and evaluate the
proposition that “fear of the unknown may be a, or possibly the, fundamental fear”(Carleton …

A large amount of research has accumulated on the efficacy and effectiveness of cognitive-
behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders including posttraumatic stress disorder …

When people are forced to be isolated from each other, do they crave social interactions? To
address this question, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to measure neural …

The spread of the novel coronavirus has led to unprecedented changes in daily living.
College students (N= 205) completed a battery of questionnaires in April of 2020, after …

Social anxiety disorder is a condition characterised by a marked and persistent fear of being
humiliated or scrutinised by others. Age-of-onset data point to adolescence as a …

Few studies have examined mental health variables in relation to social vs. non-social
smartphone use, and how such types of use relate to problematic smartphone use (PSU) …

Mental health crucially depends upon affective states such as emotions, stress responses,
impulses and moods. These states shape how we think, feel and behave. Often, they …