| Reference code: | PT/FB/BL-2016-157.08 |
| Location: | BF-GMS
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Title:
| Zoomed out? Depersonalization is related to increased digital media use during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown
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| Publication year: | 2022
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URL:
| https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-07657-8
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| Abstract/Results: | ABSTRACT:
Depersonalisation is a common dissociative experience characterised by distressing feelings of being detached or ‘estranged’ from one’s self and body and/or the world. The COVID-19 pandemic forced millions of people to socially distance from others and to change life habits. We have conducted an online study on 622 participants worldwide to investigate the relationship between digital media-based activities and distal social interactions in influencing peoples’ sense of self during the lockdown as opposed to before the pandemic. We found that increased use of digital media-based activities and online social e-meetings correlated with higher feelings of depersonalisation. We also found that people reporting higher experiences of depersonalisation also reported enhanced vividness of negative emotions (as opposed to positive emotions). Our study also reveals a weak negative correlation between the frequency of physical exercise during the lockdown and the occurrence of depersonalisation experiences. Finally, participants who reported that lockdown influenced their life to greater extent had higher occurrences of depersonalisation experiences. Our findings may help address key questions regarding well-being during a lockdown, in the general population. Our study points to potential risks related to an overly sedentary and hyper-digitalized life habits that may induce feelings of living in one’s ‘head’ (mind), disconnected from one’s body, self and the world.
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| Accessibility: | Document exists in file
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Language:
| eng
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Author:
| Ciaunica, A.
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Secondary author(s):
| McEllin, L., Kiverstein, J., Gallese, V., Hohwy, J., Wozniak, M.
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Document type:
| Article
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Number of reproductions:
| 1
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Percentiles:
| 5
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Reference:
| Ciaunica, A., McEllin, L., Kiverstein, J., Gallese, V., Hohwy, J., & Wozniak, M. (2022). Zoomed out: digital media use and depersonalization experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 3888. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07657-8
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| 2-year Impact Factor: | 4.600|2022
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| Times cited: | 5|2024-02-15
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| Indexed document: | Yes
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| Quartile: | Q2
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| Keywords: | Depersonalization / Digital media / COVID-19 lockdown / Pandemic / Bodily self / Social interactions
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Zoomed out? Depersonalization is related to increased digital media use during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown |