Main Idea: The Relationship Between Resilience Coping and Social Media

Coping is defined as "constantly changing cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage specific
external and/or internal demands that are appraised as taxing or exceeding the resources of the
person Lazarus and Folkman (1984). The Coping that was referred to in the study is in terms of
how major life events and daily stressors influence emotions based on cognitive appraisal and
stress coping

Relevant to coping another concept that was discussed and defined in the study is Mental
Disengagement. Mental Disengagement occurs by engaging in activities like daydreaming,
sleeping, or any other attempt by which someone uses distraction to escape from a stressor
(Carver et al., 1989). The study found out that behavioral and mental disengagement, as well as
focus on and venting emotions were related to social media addiction.

Supporting Ideas:

Internet addiction, which includes the use of social media, may be related to
avoidant coping strategies.

It is unclear whether or not social media use causes avoidant coping or avoidant coping
causes the abuse of social media, but it is clear that social media use is a method of avoidant
coping.

People who are reported to have greater social media addiction mentally disengage in
response to stressors.

Problematic use of social media was associated with escaping from stress. Hou et al.,
(2017)

People who used Facebook more often evaluated themselves more negatively than those
who reported less frequent Facebook use Vogel et al., (2014).

Instant gratification one receives from likes, comments, and shares may encourage people
to post their frustrations online and receive support from other users.

Those who are more resilient spend less time comparing themselves negatively to
others online, while those who are less resilient engage in more upward social
comparison, resulting in a negative self-image