TY - JOUR
T1 - Could Watching TV Be Good for You? Examining How Media Consumption Patterns Relate to Salivary Cortisol
AU - Nabi, Robin L.
AU - Prestin, Abby
AU - So, Jiyeon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis.
Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - This research explores whether media diet influences health, not through its effects on cognition and behavior but rather through its effects on biomarkers of stress, which are implicated in a host of acute and chronic illnesses. Two hundred and forty young adults completed assessments of their media consumption habits followed at least 2 days later by measures of the stress-related hormone cortisol. Results suggest that frequency of consuming different media and genres may decrease cortisol under certain conditions and increase them under others. Further, the patterns of results were wholly different from those found for perceived stress. The implications of these findings for health-related media effects and theoretical development are discussed.
AB - This research explores whether media diet influences health, not through its effects on cognition and behavior but rather through its effects on biomarkers of stress, which are implicated in a host of acute and chronic illnesses. Two hundred and forty young adults completed assessments of their media consumption habits followed at least 2 days later by measures of the stress-related hormone cortisol. Results suggest that frequency of consuming different media and genres may decrease cortisol under certain conditions and increase them under others. Further, the patterns of results were wholly different from those found for perceived stress. The implications of these findings for health-related media effects and theoretical development are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/10410236.2015.1061309
DO - 10.1080/10410236.2015.1061309
M3 - Article
C2 - 26984375
AN - SCOPUS:84961198164
VL - 31
SP - 1345
EP - 1355
JO - Health Communication
JF - Health Communication
SN - 1041-0236
IS - 11
ER -