Exam Preview for 1788: Social Media and Mental Health March 20, 202

Social Media and Mental Health

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1. Current research does not concretely define social media use nor provides diagnostic criteria for overuse/addiction, but rather discusses social media use as a ___________ ranging from moderate use to overuse. baseline continuum degree None of the above
2. Social media is defined as: Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking. Websites that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking. Websites and applications that enable users to share content or to participate in social networking. Websites and applications that enable users to participate in social networking.
3. Social media overuse is associated with problems to overall mental health and well-being and is characterized by: Decreased life satisfaction Decreased sense of fulfillment Increased stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia All of the above
4. Which of the following is a theory of social media use? Decomposition Mental Neurobiology None of the above
5. Theories of social media use ____________, therefore clinicians will likely need to consider a combination of theories to assess individual client use accurately. connect divide link overlap
6. Using a multi-dimensional, _______________ can allow clients & therapists to assess social media struggles as they would any other situational/environmental/sociological factor in treatment. baseline model environment model integrated model purposeful model
7. Social media platforms and the online environments they create can be viewed as an additional element to the _______________ considerations of each client, and therefore treatment for use should be tailored to the individual. bio-psycho-social biological social None of the above
8. When using an integrated model of intervention which of the following factors should be considered? Dynamics Environmental Individual All of the above
9. Overuse is NOT social media __________, rather it may be used as a potential diagnostic factor in further development of the social media addiction diagnosis. addiction freedom power stress
10. The spectrum of reasoning for use includes: Social media as a cause of stress Social media overuse as an expression of underlying pathology Social media use for personal growth All of the above