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Social Disconnection During COVID-19: The Role of Attachment, Fear of Missing Out, and Smartphone Use.

ABSTRACT: This mixed-methods study explored adolescents' (n = 682) feelings of social connection in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and examined potential risk (fear of missing out, problematic smartphone use) and protective (parent/peer attachment, smartphone use) factors to social disconnection. Data were collected from two schools in Canada using an online survey with questionnaires and open-ended questions. Three themes regarding adolescents' feelings of social connection during the pandemic were identified through thematic content analysis: (1) feeling socially connected, (2) feeling socially disconnected, and (3) feeling socially indifferent. Moreover, regression analysis identified secure peer attachments as a protective factor against social disconnection in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, while fear of missing out was identified as an independent risk factor.

SUBMITTER: Parent N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8646400 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Social Disconnection During COVID-19: The Role of Attachment, Fear of Missing Out, and Smartphone Use.

Parent Natasha N   Dadgar Kyle K   Xiao Bowen B   Hesse Cassandra C   Shapka Jennifer D JD  

Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence 20210901 3

This mixed-methods study explored adolescents' (n = 682) feelings of social connection in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and examined potential risk (fear of missing out, problematic smartphone use) and protective (parent/peer attachment, smartphone use) factors to social disconnection. Data were collected from two schools in Canada using an online survey with questionnaires and open-ended questions. Three themes regarding adolescents' feelings of social connection during the pandemic were id  ...[more]

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