RT Journal Article
T1 Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between Happiness and the Rise of Media Consumption During COVID-19 Confinement
A1 Muñiz Velázquez, José Antonio
A1 Gómez Baya, Diego
A1 Lozano Delmar, Javier
AB The confinement of the population into their homes as a result of COVID-19 has entaileda notable increase in the consumption of diverse media. This exploratory study aimed toexamine how the increase in media consumption was related to subjective happinessand psychological well-being. For this purpose, a questionnaire was administered to asample of Spanish adults (n = 249; 53.8% women; aged between 18 and 75, Mage = 42.06,SD = 12.37) to assess their consumption of different media before and during confinement.Moreover, participants were evaluated for hedonic, eudaimonic, social, and experiencedhappiness by using the Pemberton Happiness Index (PHI). The results underlined thegreat increase in the consumption of TV for entertainment and social networking sites(SNS) during confinement. Furthermore, it was found that higher consumption wasnegatively correlated with the level of happiness, so that, people who reported greaterwell-being, both subjective and psychological, spent less time watching TV and usingSNS. In contrast, no association was found between the level of happiness and theconsumption of news (regardless of the media) and radio. Therefore, it seems that farfrom cultivating greater happiness, those who engaged in heavy consumption of TVentertainment and SNS during confinement were less happy than those who did so moremoderately and spent more time using other media or performing other activities.
PB Frontiers Media
SN 1664-1078
YR 2021
FD 2021-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19940
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19940
LA eng
NO Muñiz Velázquez, J. A., Gómez Baya, D., & Lozano Delmar, J. (2021). Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between Happiness and the Rise of Media Consumption During COVID-19 Confinement. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.566517
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026