That’s why we decided to conduct this project, with the aim of understanding and improving the treatment of mental disorders such as psychological distress, in order to give people confidence in their abilities,” explains Siamen Hsiung-yuan Qu, the first author of this study and a doctoral student of Psychology.
Those who answered in the lower number, i.e.
for example, ‘I have used social media for an hour or more or received less than 10 messages concerning the social threat level experienced by my school, local or regional authorities, people I know personally, or I have seen someone harmed by stigmatization—in all cases I have told someone I know personally’ were more likely to have suffered psychological distress.
responses of 8-9 (in-order of speed) or more, were more likely to have been affected by emotion evoked interactions.