The Mediating Role of Online Social Support on the Effect of Digital Media Time on Psychological Well-being: A Study in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Puplisher : Stardom

8 Downloads

This study aims to investigate the potential effects of the amount of time spent consuming different digital media contents such as learning, games and entertainment, on mental well-being (MWB) among Jordan university students and the mediating effect of online social support (OSS) during Corona pandemic. Data has been collected from 5 private and public universities in Jordan, where 332 students responded to (MWB) scale and (OSS) scale. Structural equation modelling has been applied. The study has found that none of the times has a significant direct effect on (MWB). Moreover, only the indirect effect of time spent on covid-19 contents is not significant, where the indirect effect of times has spent on learning, games and Entertainment are all significant. Significantly, the overall effect of time spent on digital media has been significant just in case mediated by online social support (OSS).

Related Articles

الفلسفة الغائيّة: من الفلسفة ا...
This study addresses the Orthodox vision of  The purpose of human exis...
The Impact of Using Artificial...
Objective: The problem of the study is to investigate the impact of us...
Using a mental map to teach re...
The instruction of Arabic to non-native speakers has garnered signific...
Issues and evidence of grammat...
This research summarizes all the grammatical interpretations in the bo...
الإعلام العسكري ودوره في تعـزي...
The study aimed to identify the role of military media in promoting th...
Factors affecting the practice...
Factors affecting the practice of investigative journalism by Jordania...
Scroll to Top