Social media does not elicit a physiological stress response as measured by heart rate and salivary cortisol over 20-minute sessions of cell phone use

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 19; no. 4; p. e0298553
• Main Authors: Oppenheimer, Suzanne, Bond, Laura, Smith, Charity
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 03.04.2024; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Analysis; Biology and Life Sciences; Cell Phone Use; Cellular telephones; Computer and Information Sciences; Corticosteroids; Diagnosis; Engineering and Technology; Female; Heart beat; Heart Rate - physiology; Humans; Hydrocortisone - metabolism; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System - metabolism; Male; Measurement; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mental health; Middle Aged; Pituitary-Adrenal System - metabolism; Psychological aspects; Risk factors; Saliva - metabolism; Social Media; Social Sciences; Stress (Psychology); Stress, Physiological; Stress, Psychological - psychology; Type 2 diabetes; Young Adult; United States

The pervasive use of social media has raised concerns about its potential detrimental effects on physical and mental health. Others have demonstrated a relationship between social media use and anxiety, depression, and psychosocial stress. In light of these studies, we examined physiological indicat...