PO406: Digital Stress and Mental Health: The Buffering Role of Social Support

  • PMD: 4
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 6: Promoting Social and Emotional Development

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. learn about the concept of digital stress, or stress related to social media use;
  2. understand how different components of digital stress relate to mental health outcomes; and
  3. learn about the protective role of social support in protecting against the negative impact of digital stress in late adolescence/emerging adulthood.

Description

This presentation explores the role of stress related to social media use and mental health difficulties in late adolescence. The protective role of social support in this relationship is investigated.

Presenter(s)

Samantha Coyle-Eastwick, Montclair State University
Liora Steinberg, Montclair State University
Anne C. Schatz, Montclair State University
Cassidy Conklin, Montclair State University

Contributor(s)

Elizabeth Fuentes

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