Online behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic and their associations with psychological factors: an international exploratory study /

Julius Burkauskas; Naomi A Fineberg; Konstantinos Ioannidis; Samuel R Chamberlain; Henrietta Bowden-Jones; Inga Griškova-Bulanova; Aistė Pranckevičienė; Artemisa R Dores; Irene P Carvalho; Fernando Barbosa; Pierluigi Simonato; Ilaria De Luca; Rosin Mooney; Maria Ángeles Gómez-Martínez; Zsolt Demetrovics; Krisztina Edina Ábel; Attila Szabo; Hironobu Fujiwara; Mami Shibata; Alejandra R Melero-Ventola; Eva M Arroyo-Anlló; Ricardo M Santos-Labrador; Kei Kobayashi; Francesco Di Carlo; Cristina Monteiro; Giovanni Martinotti; Ornella Corazza

doi:10.3390/ijerph19148823

Title	Online behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic and their associations with psychological factors: an international exploratory study /
Authors	Burkauskas, Julius ; Fineberg, Naomi A ; Ioannidis, Konstantinos ; Chamberlain, Samuel R ; Bowden-Jones, Henrietta ; Griškova-Bulanova, Inga ; Pranckevičienė, Aistė ; Dores, Artemisa R ; Carvalho, Irene P ; Barbosa, Fernando ; Simonato, Pierluigi ; De Luca, Ilaria ; Mooney, Rosin ; Gómez-Martínez, Maria Ángeles ; Demetrovics, Zsolt ; Ábel, Krisztina Edina ; Szabo, Attila ; Fujiwara, Hironobu ; Shibata, Mami ; Melero-Ventola, Alejandra R ; Arroyo-Anlló, Eva M ; Santos-Labrador, Ricardo M ; Kobayashi, Kei ; Di Carlo, Francesco ; Monteiro, Cristina ; Martinotti, Giovanni ; Corazza, Ornella
DOI	10.3390/ijerph19148823
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Is Part of	International journal of environmental research and public health.. Basel : MDPI. 2022, vol. 19, iss. 14, art. no. 8823, p. [1-18].. ISSN 1661-7827. eISSN 1660-4601
Keywords [eng]	appearance anxiety ; COVID-19 pandemic ; mental illness ; problematic usage of the Internet ; self-compassion
Abstract [eng]	This cross-sectional study aimed to explore specific online behaviours and their association with a range of underlying psychological and other behavioural factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight countries (Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Portugal, Japan, Hungary, and Brazil) participated in an international investigation involving 2223 participants (M = 33 years old; SD = 11), 70% of whom were females. Participants were surveyed for specific type of Internet use severity, appearance anxiety, self-compassion, and image and use of performance-enhancing drugs (IPEDs). Results were compared cross-culturally. The mean time spent online was 5 h (SD = ±3) of daily browsing during the pandemic. The most commonly performed activities included social networking, streaming, and general surfing. A strong association between these online behaviours and appearance anxiety, self-compassion, and IPEDs use was found after adjustment for possible confounders, with higher scores being associated with specific online activities. Significant cross-cultural differences also emerged in terms of the amount of time spent online during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published	Basel : MDPI
Type	Journal article
Language	English
Publication date	2022
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„Online behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic and their associations with psychological factors: an international exploratory study /“