Blar i VID:Open på forfatter "Price, Daicia"
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Associations between social media use and loneliness in a cross-national population: Do motives for social media use matter?
Bonsaksen, Tore; Ruffolo, Mary; Price, Daicia; Leung, Janni; Thygesen, Hilde; Lamph, Gary; Kabelenga, Isaac; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: We aimed to examine the association between social media use and loneliness two years after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Methods: Participants were 1649 adults who completed a cross-sectional online survey ... -
Cross-national study of worrying, loneliness, and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparison between individuals with and without infection in the family
Bonsaksen, Tore; Leung, Janni; Schoultz, Mariyana; Thygesen, Hilde; Price, Daicia; Ruffolo, Mary; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Objective: The objective of this study was to examine differences in worry, loneliness, and mental health between those individuals infected by COVID-19 or having someone their family infected, and the rest of the population. ... -
Employment Uncertainty and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic Initial Social Distancing Implementation: A Cross-national study
Ruffolo, Mary; Price, Daicia; Schoultz, Mariyana; Leung, Janni; Bonsaksen, Tore; Thygesen, Hilde; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in changes in the work environment and employment uncertainty. This paper reports on a cross-national comparison of four countries (Norway, UK, USA ... -
Loneliness and its associated factors nine months after the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-national study
Bonsaksen, Tore; Schoultz, Mariyana; Thygesen, Hilde; Ruffolo, Mary; Price, Daicia; Leung, Janni; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)COVID-19 has been a global healthcare concern impacting multiple aspects of individual and community wellness. As one moves forward with different methods to reduce the infection and mortality rates, it is critical to ... -
Loneliness and its association with social media use during the COVID-19 outbreak
Bonsaksen, Tore; Ruffolo, Mary; Leung, Janni; Price, Daicia; Thygesen, Hilde; Schoultz, Mariyana; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Social distancing rules during the COVID-19 pandemic changed social interaction for many and increased the risk of loneliness in the general population. Social media use has been ambiguously related to loneliness, and ... -
Mental Health, Information and Being Connected: Qualitative Experiences of social media use during the Covid-19 pandemic from a trans-national sample
Schoultz, Mariyana; Leung, Janni; Bonsaksen, Tore; Ruffolo, Mary; Thygesen, Hilde; Price, Daicia; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the strict national policies regarding social distancing behavior in Europe, America and Australia, people became reliant on social media as a means for gathering information ... -
Mental health, quality of life, wellbeing, loneliness and use of social media in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-country comparative study
Geirdal, Amy Østertun; Ruffolo, Mary; Leung, Janni; Thygesen, Hilde; Price, Daicia; Bonsaksen, Tore; Schoultz, Mariyana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: The COVID-19 outbreak raised questions about how people experience their mental health, quality of life (QoL), wellbeing and loneliness in the context of social distancing, and the use of social media during ... -
Motivation and hesitancies in obtaining the COVID-19 vaccine – a cross-sectional study in Norway, USA, UK, and Australia
Leung, Janni; Price, Daicia; McClure-Thomas, Caitlin; Bonsaksen, Tore; Ruffolo, Mary; Kabelenga, Isaac; Lamph, Gary; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: Vaccinations protect the public against serious diseases or death; however, some individuals are hesitant in obtaining them. We aim to contribute to the understanding of the challenges of vaccination roll-out ... -
Perceptions of social media challenges and benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic: Qualitative findings from a cross sectional international survey
Schoultz, Mariyana; Lamph, Gary; Thygesen, Hilde; Leung, Janni; Bonsaksen, Tore; Ruffolo, Mary; Price, Daicia; Watson, Paul; Kabelenga, Isaac; Chiu, Vivian; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in January 2020 the need for rapid information spread grew and social media became the ultimate platform for information exchange as well as a tool for connection and entertainment. ... -
The psychosocial health of Black/African Americans compared with people of other ethnic origins during the COVID-19 pandemic
Price, Daicia; Bonsaksen, Tore; Leung, Janni; Ruffolo, Mary; Lamph, Gary; Hawkins, Karis; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Journal article, 2024)This study compared the psychosocial health between Black/African Americans and other ethnic groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using self-report questionnaires, data were collected at three time points from April 2020 ... -
The Significance of Demographic Variables on Psychosocial Health from the Early Stage and Nine Months after the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak. A Cross-National Study
Geirdal, Amy Østertun; Price, Daicia; Schoultz, Mariyana; Thygesen, Hilde; Ruffolo, Mary; Leung, Janni; Bonsaksen, Tore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This cross-national study explored stability and change in mental health, quality of life, well-being and loneliness during the early stage and nine months after the implementation of COVID-19 pandemic social distancing ... -
Social media use and its associations with mental health nine months after the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-national study
Thygesen, Hilde; Bonsaksen, Tore; Schoultz, Mariyana; Mary, Ruffolo; Leung, Janni; Price, Daicia; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: The covid-19 pandemic has impacted the health and well-being of millions across the globe. Strict social distancing policies and periodic lockdowns has led to an increased reliance on alternative online means ... -
Trust in public authorities nine months after the COVID-19 outbreak: A cross-national study
Price, Daicia; Bonsaksen, Tore; Ruffolo, Mary; Leung, Janni; Chiu, Vivian; Thygesen, Hilde; Schoultz, Mariyana; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This study aimed to examine the perceived trust in information provided by public authorities and financial measures put in place to address the impact of COVID-19. Using a cross-national approach among four Western ... -
Video-based communication and its association with loneliness, mental health and quality of life among older people during the COVID-19 outbreak
Bonsaksen, Tore; Thygesen, Hilde; Leung, Janni; Ruffolo, Mary; Schoultz, Mariyana; Price, Daicia; Geirdal, Amy Østertun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The aim of the study was to examine the use of video-based communication and its association with loneliness, mental health and quality of life in older adults (60–69 years versus 70+ years) during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...