@article{ref1,
title="Social media addiction and fear of war in Germany",
journal="Psychiatry international (Basel)",
year="2022",
author="Hajek, André and Kretzler, Benedikt and König, Hans-Helmut",
volume="3",
number="4",
pages="313-319",
abstract="Individuals with an excessive use of social media may be frequently exposed to stimuli, such as (fake) news or images of violence, which might lead to a higher fear of war. Therefore, the objective of this study is to examine the association between a social media addiction and fear of war (conventional war and nuclear war) in Germany. Data were taken from a nationally representative survey with n = 3091 participants (18 to 74 years; data collection in mid-March 2022). Social media addiction was quantified using the validated Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale. Moreover, established items were used to quantify a fear of war. Medium differences (in terms of Cohen's d) were identified regarding the fear of war between individuals without a social media addiction and individuals with a social media addiction. Adjusting for several covariates, the regressions revealed that individuals with a social media addiction had a higher fear of war compared to individuals without a social media addiction (fear of a conventional war: β = 0.44, p < 0.01; fear of a nuclear war: β = 0.61, p < 0.001). In conclusion, our study demonstrated an association between a social media addiction and fear of war.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2673-5318",
doi="10.3390/psychiatryint3040025",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/psychiatryint3040025"
}