Social networking sites use and life satisfaction: a moderated mediation model of e-health literacy, fatigue, uncertainty, and stress
Abstract Excessive social media use during health crises can lead to information overload and psychological distress, yet the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear. This study investigated how social networking sites (SNS) affected life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic in I...
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| author | Saeed Pahlevan Sharif Navaz Naghavi Osveh Esmaeelinezhad Long She Kelly-Ann Allen Hamid Sharif-Nia Pardis Rahmatpour |
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| description | Abstract Excessive social media use during health crises can lead to information overload and psychological distress, yet the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear. This study investigated how social networking sites (SNS) affected life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran and whether this relationship was explained by SNS fatigue, uncertainty about disease, and stress. The research also examined whether e-health literacy was a protective factor in this process. Results confirmed that SNS use negatively affected life satisfaction through a sequential pathway of increased fatigue, uncertainty, and stress. E-health literacy moderated the initial link between SNS use and fatigue, with higher literacy weakening this relationship. The results demonstrate the complex relationship between SNS use and wellbeing during health crises and highlight the potential protective role of e-health literacy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2811c93bb9084f77a26c5f62f55edb6f2025-08-20T03:53:16ZengBMCBMC Psychology2050-72832025-05-0113111210.1186/s40359-025-02769-ySocial networking sites use and life satisfaction: a moderated mediation model of e-health literacy, fatigue, uncertainty, and stressSaeed Pahlevan Sharif0Navaz Naghavi1Osveh Esmaeelinezhad2Long She3Kelly-Ann Allen4Hamid Sharif-Nia5Pardis Rahmatpour6Sunway Business School, Sunway UniversityCollege of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders UniversityDepartment of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, Amirkabir University of TechnologySunway Business School, Sunway UniversitySchool of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Monash UniversityPsychosomatic Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical SciencesHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC)Abstract Excessive social media use during health crises can lead to information overload and psychological distress, yet the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear. This study investigated how social networking sites (SNS) affected life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran and whether this relationship was explained by SNS fatigue, uncertainty about disease, and stress. The research also examined whether e-health literacy was a protective factor in this process. Results confirmed that SNS use negatively affected life satisfaction through a sequential pathway of increased fatigue, uncertainty, and stress. E-health literacy moderated the initial link between SNS use and fatigue, with higher literacy weakening this relationship. The results demonstrate the complex relationship between SNS use and wellbeing during health crises and highlight the potential protective role of e-health literacy.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02769-ySocial networking sitesLife satisfactionE-health literacySNS fatigueStress |
| spellingShingle | Saeed Pahlevan Sharif Navaz Naghavi Osveh Esmaeelinezhad Long She Kelly-Ann Allen Hamid Sharif-Nia Pardis Rahmatpour Social networking sites use and life satisfaction: a moderated mediation model of e-health literacy, fatigue, uncertainty, and stress BMC Psychology Social networking sites Life satisfaction E-health literacy SNS fatigue Stress |
| title | Social networking sites use and life satisfaction: a moderated mediation model of e-health literacy, fatigue, uncertainty, and stress |
| title_full | Social networking sites use and life satisfaction: a moderated mediation model of e-health literacy, fatigue, uncertainty, and stress |
| title_fullStr | Social networking sites use and life satisfaction: a moderated mediation model of e-health literacy, fatigue, uncertainty, and stress |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social networking sites use and life satisfaction: a moderated mediation model of e-health literacy, fatigue, uncertainty, and stress |
| title_short | Social networking sites use and life satisfaction: a moderated mediation model of e-health literacy, fatigue, uncertainty, and stress |
| title_sort | social networking sites use and life satisfaction a moderated mediation model of e health literacy fatigue uncertainty and stress |
| topic | Social networking sites Life satisfaction E-health literacy SNS fatigue Stress |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02769-y |
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