Covid-19 Circuit Breaker: impacts on daily routine, social media usage and psychological well-being In Singapore and Overseas

The purpose of study is to investigate how individual features, such as personality traits, biological sex, age, influence the quantity and type of usage of social media platforms across the spectrum of psychological well-being during the time of circuit breaker due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Results found that personality traits were differently predictive for active and passive usage of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter during the pandemic. Moreover, results highlighted that psychosocial aspects of social media usage were correlated to anxiety and depressive symptoms experienced during the circuit breaker. The research protocol has been approved by NTU Institutional Board (NTU-IRB). The NTU-IRB reference number for this study is IRB-2020-04-041.