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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Social-Media Use and Self-Perceived Social Connectedness Among Deployed Service Members

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Social

  • Lorenzo Aranda
    The Chicago School of Professional Psychology- Irvine
  • Gilly Koritzky
    [email protected]
  • Erika Widera
    The Chicago School of Professional Psychology- Irvine

Abstract

This study aimed to examine whether high social media use among deployed military personnel predicts loneliness and self-perceived social connectedness. Our results highlight social media use as a moderator of social isolation in deployed military members.

Military