社交媒体信息超载对某高校大学生心理健康的影响:社交媒体倦怠的中介作用

目的 探讨社交媒体信息超载与大学生心理健康之间的关系以及社交媒体倦怠在其中的中介作用,为社交媒体信息超载背景下提高大学生心理健康水平提供理论依据。方法 采用社交媒体超载量表(SMIO)、社交媒体倦怠量表(SMF)、抑郁-焦虑-压力量表简体中文版(DASS-21)对某高校594名本科生进行调查,数据采用t检验、方差分析、Pearson相关分析等。结果 594名大学生社交媒体信息超载均分为(12.53±3.78)分,社交媒体倦怠均分为(15.56±4.55)分,性别、年级、社交媒体使用年限不同的大学生SMIO、SMF得分差异均有统计学意义(P<0.01)。SMIO、SMF得分与DASS总分均呈正相关(r=0.345、0.362,P<0.01)。社交媒体倦怠在社交媒体信息超载与DASS总分间起中介作用,中介效应占比为21.24%,其Bootstrap95%的置信区间为0.034～0.199]。结论 社交媒体信息超载负向影响大学生心理健康水平,且社交媒体倦怠在社交媒体信息超载与大学生心理健康关系间起到部分中介作用。学校、家庭应当引导大学生合理使用社交媒体并及时干预,避免或减少社交媒体信息超载对大学生心理健康造成的损害。

Impact of social media information overload on mental health of college students: mediating role of social media fatigue

Objective To explore the relationship between social media information overload and the mental health of college students, and the mediating role of social media fatigue in it, so as to provide theoretical evidence for improving the mental health level of college students under the background of social media information overload. Methods A total of 594 students were surveyed with a social media information overload (SMIO) scale, social media fatigue (SMF) scale, and a depression-anxiety-stress scale-21 (DASS-21). The data were analyzed with t-test ANOVA, Pearson correlation analysis, etc. Results The average score of SMIO in 594 college students was (12.53±3.78), the average score of SMF was (15.56±4.55), and the differences in SMIO and SMF scores of college students with different genders and grades and social media years were statistically significant (P<0.01). The SMIO and SMF scores were positively correlated with the total DASS scores (r=0.345, 0.362, P<0.01). Social media fatigue mediated between social media information overload and DASS score, accounting for 21.24% of the mediating effect, and the confidence interval of 95% of the bootstrap was (0.034 to 0.199). Conclusions Social media information overload negatively affects the mental health level of college students, and social media fatigue plays a part of mediating role in the relationship between social media information overload and their mental health. Schools and families shall guide college students to use social media rationally and intervene in a timely manner, avoiding or reducing the damage caused by social media information overload to their mental health.