TY - JOUR
T1 - Online Behaviours during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Associations with Psychological Factors
T2 - An International Exploratory Study
AU - Burkauskas, Julius
AU - Fineberg, Naomi A.
AU - Ioannidis, Konstantinos
AU - Chamberlain, Samuel R.
AU - Bowden-Jones, Henrietta
AU - Griskova-Bulanova, Inga
AU - Pranckeviciene, Aiste
AU - Dores, Artemisa R.
AU - Carvalho, Irene P.
AU - Barbosa, Fernando
AU - Simonato, Pierluigi
AU - De Luca, Ilaria
AU - Mooney, Rosin
AU - Gómez-Martínez, Maria Ángeles
AU - Demetrovics, Zsolt
AU - Ábel, Krisztina Edina
AU - Szabo, Attila
AU - Fujiwara, Hironobu
AU - Shibata, Mami
AU - Melero-Ventola, Alejandra R.
AU - Arroyo-Anlló, Eva M.
AU - Santos-Labrador, Ricardo M.
AU - Kobayashi, Kei
AU - Di Carlo, Francesco
AU - Monteiro, Cristina
AU - Martinotti, Giovanni
AU - Corazza, Ornella
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors.
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - This cross-sectional study aimed to explore specific online behaviours and their association with a range of underlying psychological and other behavioural factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight countries (Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Portugal, Japan, Hungary, and Brazil) participated in an international investigation involving 2223 participants (M = 33 years old; SD = 11), 70% of whom were females. Participants were surveyed for specific type of Internet use severity, appearance anxiety, self-compassion, and image and use of performance-enhancing drugs (IPEDs). Results were compared cross-culturally. The mean time spent online was 5 h (SD = ±3) of daily browsing during the pandemic. The most commonly performed activities included social networking, streaming, and general surfing. A strong association between these online behaviours and appearance anxiety, self-compassion, and IPEDs use was found after adjustment for possible confounders, with higher scores being associated with specific online activities. Significant cross-cultural differences also emerged in terms of the amount of time spent online during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
AB - This cross-sectional study aimed to explore specific online behaviours and their association with a range of underlying psychological and other behavioural factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight countries (Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Portugal, Japan, Hungary, and Brazil) participated in an international investigation involving 2223 participants (M = 33 years old; SD = 11), 70% of whom were females. Participants were surveyed for specific type of Internet use severity, appearance anxiety, self-compassion, and image and use of performance-enhancing drugs (IPEDs). Results were compared cross-culturally. The mean time spent online was 5 h (SD = ±3) of daily browsing during the pandemic. The most commonly performed activities included social networking, streaming, and general surfing. A strong association between these online behaviours and appearance anxiety, self-compassion, and IPEDs use was found after adjustment for possible confounders, with higher scores being associated with specific online activities. Significant cross-cultural differences also emerged in terms of the amount of time spent online during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
KW - appearance anxiety
KW - COVID-19 pandemic
KW - mental illness
KW - problematic usage of the Internet
KW - self-compassion
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85135110278&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph19148823
DO - 10.3390/ijerph19148823
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C2 - 35886679
AN - SCOPUS:85135110278
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 19
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 14
M1 - 8823
ER -