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Doomscrolling corresponde ao comportamento de procura de informação sobre
acontecimentos negativos (e.g., pandemia da COVID-19, guerra na Ucrânia) nas redes
sociais. Atualmente, a literatura sobre este comportamento é escassa, não existindo
investigações com a população portuguesa. Assim, o presente estudo pretendeu
caracterizar o doomscrolling, numa amostra de adultos portugueses, bem como adaptar,
para a língua portuguesa, a Escala de Doomscrolling - Versão Curta. Participaram neste
estudo 316 participantes, cujas idades variaram entre os 18 e os 71 anos. Tratou-se de um
estudo quantitativo, transversal e de caráter não-experimental. Os resultados indicaram que
o doomscrolling foi mais frequente relativamente à guerra na Ucrânia, comparativamente à
pandemia da COVID-19. Verificou-se que o doomscrolling não se relaciona com a idade,
uso de diferentes redes sociais e bem-estar e que grande parte das correlações entre
doomscrolling e perceções sobre a atualidade não foi estatisticamente significativa.
Verificou-se ainda que o doomscrolling relaciona-se negativamente com as habilitações
literárias, unicamente no contexto da pandemia da COVID-19. Por outro lado, verificou-se
que o doomscrolling se relaciona positivamente com a sobrecarga de stresse e somatização.
Em relação às estratégias de coping, verificou-se que o doomscrolling se relaciona
positivamente com a autoculpabilização, unicamente no contexto da pandemia da COVID19, e com o desinvestimento comportamental, em ambos os contextos. Por fim, foram
verificados bons níveis de fidelidade e de validade em relação à versão portuguesa da
Escala de Doomscrolling - Versão Curta. Concluindo, este estudo contribuiu para o
aumento do conhecimento sobre o doomscrolling e sobre o impacto prejudicial que este
pode ter na saúde mental e física, dado que a literatura sobre este tema é bastante escassa, o
que permitirá melhorar a intervenção nesta área. Adicionalmente, este estudo permitiu
validar e adaptar, para a língua portuguesa, uma escala útil para avaliar o doomscrolling,
que poderá ser usada em investigações futuras.
Doomscrolling is a behaviour consisting of seeking information about negative events (e.g., the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine) on social media. Currently, the literature on this behaviour is scarce and there are no studies on the Portuguese population. Thus, this study aimed to describe doomscrolling in a sample of Portuguese adults, as well as to adapt the Doomscrolling Scale - Short Version to Portuguese. A total of 316 participants, whose ages ranged between 18 and 71 years, participated in this study. This was a quantitative, cross-sectional, and non-experimental study. The results indicated that doomscrolling was more frequent in relation to the war in Ukraine compared to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was found that doomscrolling is not related to age, use of different social networks, and well-being. Most correlations between doomscrolling and perceptions about the present time were not statistically significant. It was also found that doomscrolling is negatively related to education, only in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, doomscrolling was found to be positively related to stress overload and somatization. With regard to coping strategies, doomscrolling was found to be positively related to self-blaming, only in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to behavioural desinvestment, in both contexts. Finally, good levels of reliability and validity were found for the Portuguese version of the Doomscrolling Scale - Short Version. In conclusion, this study contributed to increasing the knowledge about doomscrolling and its harmful impact on mental and physical health, given that the literature on this topic is rather scarce, which will allow for improving the intervention in this area. In addition, this study included the Portuguese validation of a useful scale for assessing doomscrolling, which may be used in future research.
Doomscrolling is a behaviour consisting of seeking information about negative events (e.g., the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine) on social media. Currently, the literature on this behaviour is scarce and there are no studies on the Portuguese population. Thus, this study aimed to describe doomscrolling in a sample of Portuguese adults, as well as to adapt the Doomscrolling Scale - Short Version to Portuguese. A total of 316 participants, whose ages ranged between 18 and 71 years, participated in this study. This was a quantitative, cross-sectional, and non-experimental study. The results indicated that doomscrolling was more frequent in relation to the war in Ukraine compared to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was found that doomscrolling is not related to age, use of different social networks, and well-being. Most correlations between doomscrolling and perceptions about the present time were not statistically significant. It was also found that doomscrolling is negatively related to education, only in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, doomscrolling was found to be positively related to stress overload and somatization. With regard to coping strategies, doomscrolling was found to be positively related to self-blaming, only in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to behavioural desinvestment, in both contexts. Finally, good levels of reliability and validity were found for the Portuguese version of the Doomscrolling Scale - Short Version. In conclusion, this study contributed to increasing the knowledge about doomscrolling and its harmful impact on mental and physical health, given that the literature on this topic is rather scarce, which will allow for improving the intervention in this area. In addition, this study included the Portuguese validation of a useful scale for assessing doomscrolling, which may be used in future research.
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Doomscrolling Redes sociais Sobrecarga de stresse Bem-estar Somatização Estratégias de coping Saúde mental Social media Stress overload Well-being Somatization Coping strategies Mental health