ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and Anxiety in Adolescence: The Moderating Role of Attention Bias Towards Threat
- Jennifer de Rutte
Hunter College, CUNY - Jennifer de Rutte
Graduate Center, CUNY - Kim Marynowski
Hunter College, CUNY - Isabel Laus
Hunter College, CUNY - Evan Watkins
Hunter College, CUNY - Tracy Dennis-Tiwary
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Abstract
The current study tested whether social media burden and preferences for communicating online were related to anxiety symptom severity. Greater perception of social media as burdensome was associated with greater anxiety severity, but only for those with an attentional bias towards threat.
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