Influence of Social Media Uses and Gratifications on Family Health among U.S. Parents: A Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Uses and Gratification Theory
1.2. Parental Social Media Use
1.3. Social Media Use and Family Health
1.4. Aims and Hypotheses
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Measures
2.2. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Statistics
3.2. Social Media Use
3.3. Social Media Use and Family Health
4. Discussion
4.1. Hypothesis 1: Parents Who Use Social Media Applications Primarily for Entertainment Would Score Worse on Family Health
4.2. Hypothesis 2: Parents Who Use Social Media Primarily for Information and Connection Would Have Higher Family Health
5. Limitations
6. Conclusions and Implications
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Total Sample (N = 482) | |
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Mother’s Age (mean/SD) | 35.6 (7.05) |
Father’s Age (mean/SD) | 38.9 (8.15) |
Married (percent) | 90.04 |
White (percent) | 74 |
Number of Children (mean/SD) | 2.07 (0.95) |
Income | |
<$20,000 (percent) | 4.15 |
>$100,000 (percent) | 46.47 |
Mother’s Bachelor’s Degree or Higher (percent) | 67.63 |
<High School Education (percent) | 1.24 |
Father’s Bachelor’s Degree or Higher (percent) | 67.84 |
<High School Education (percent) | 2.9 |
Mother’s Social Media Use | Father’s Social Media Use | |||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
5.16 | 1.42 | 4.92 | 1.42 | |
YouTube | 4.88 | 1.41 | 4.83 | 1.66 |
4.38 | 1.92 | 4.1 | 2.06 | |
3.94 | 2.09 | 3.92 | 2.07 | |
3.79 | 2.23 | 3.84 | 2.25 | |
Snapchat | 3.66 | 2.04 | 3.35 | 2.04 |
3.45 | 1.85 | 3.05 | 1.92 | |
3.01 | 1.89 | 3.07 | 1.93 | |
3.01 | 1.9 | 3.08 | 1.92 |
At Least One Application Primarily Used for Information | |
Mothers (percent) | 62.66 |
Fathers (percent) | 60.37 |
At Least One Application Primarily Used for Entertainment | |
Mothers (percent) | 93.57 |
Fathers (percent) | 91.7 |
At Least One Application Primarily Used for Connecting with Friends/Family | |
Mothers (percent) | 78.84 |
Fathers (percent) | 71.37 |
Family Health Short-Form | Family Social and Emotional Health Processes | Family Healthy Lifestyle | Family Health Resources | Family External Social Supports | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mother’s Social Media Use Frequency | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 ** | 0.00 | −0.01 |
Mother’s Use of Social Media to Obtain Information | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | −0.01 | 0.08 |
Mother’s Use of Social Media to Connect with Friends/Family | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.08 |
Mother’s Use of Social Media for Entertainment | 0.00 | 0.04 | −0.14 | 0.01 | −0.04 |
Father’s Social Media Use Frequency | −0.00 | −0.01 | −0.00 | −0.01 | 0.01 |
Father’s Use of Social Media to Obtain Information | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.04 | −0.06 | −0.06 |
Father’s Use of Social Media to Connect with Friends/Family | 0.19 ** | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.37 ** | 0.03 |
Father’s Use of Social Media for Entertainment | 0.25 * | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.29 | 0.12 |
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Olpin, E.; Hanson, C.L.; Crandall, A. Influence of Social Media Uses and Gratifications on Family Health among U.S. Parents: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 1910. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031910
Olpin E, Hanson CL, Crandall A. Influence of Social Media Uses and Gratifications on Family Health among U.S. Parents: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(3):1910. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031910
Chicago/Turabian StyleOlpin, Eliza, Carl L. Hanson, and AliceAnn Crandall. 2023. "Influence of Social Media Uses and Gratifications on Family Health among U.S. Parents: A Cross-Sectional Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 3: 1910. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031910