Anxiety: Research Area — Prolific Citations Library

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Understanding the Role of Social Media Content in Inducing Anxiety: A Qualitative Study

Authors: A Meythaler

Year: 2025

Published in: 2025 - scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu

Institution: University of Potsdam, Weizenbaum Institute

Research Area: Social Media, Anxiety, Qualitative Research, Computational Social Science

Discipline: Psychological Science, Computational Social Science

The study identifies six categories of social media content—negative news, incivility, social comparison content, political content, misinformation, and depictions of dangerous behavior—as triggers for anxiety among users.

Methods: A qualitative study was conducted using interviews or focus groups with 249 social media users to explore the effects of different content types on anxiety.

Key Findings: The role of specific social media content categories in inducing feelings of anxiety.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2025.334

Citations: 4

Sample Size: 249