Exploring Links Between Social Media Habits, Loneliness, and Sleep: A Formal Concept Analysis Approach

Fernanda M. Gomes, Julio Neves, Luis Enrique Zárate Gálvez, Mark Song

2025

Abstract

Social media platforms have reshaped personal interactions, allowing engagement with diverse audiences. However, growing evidence suggests that these platforms may also contribute to mental health challenges. This paper investigates the associations between social media usage patterns, loneliness, and sleep quality, using Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) on data from a sample in Bangladesh. The dataset includes information on social media habits, loneliness, anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances, using metrics from validated psychological scales. Through FCA, this study extracted implication rules that describe how specific social media usage behaviors relate to feelings of loneliness and sleep issues. Findings show that individuals with high levels of social media engagement report shorter sleep durations and heightened symptoms of loneliness. FCA is used in this study to uncover non-obvious relationships within complex datasets, making it a valuable approach for analyzing patterns between social media behaviors and mental health outcomes.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Gomes F., Neves J., Gálvez L. and Song M. (2025). Exploring Links Between Social Media Habits, Loneliness, and Sleep: A Formal Concept Analysis Approach. In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS; ISBN 978-989-758-749-8, SciTePress, pages 226-233. DOI: 10.5220/0013267600003929

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis25,
author={Fernanda Gomes and Julio Neves and Luis Gálvez and Mark Song},
title={Exploring Links Between Social Media Habits, Loneliness, and Sleep: A Formal Concept Analysis Approach},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS},
year={2025},
pages={226-233},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013267600003929},
isbn={978-989-758-749-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS
TI - Exploring Links Between Social Media Habits, Loneliness, and Sleep: A Formal Concept Analysis Approach
SN - 978-989-758-749-8
AU - Gomes F.
AU - Neves J.
AU - Gálvez L.
AU - Song M.
PY - 2025
SP - 226
EP - 233
DO - 10.5220/0013267600003929
PB - SciTePress