Problematic social media use and depressive symptoms among U.S. young adults: A nationally-representative study.
Ariel Shensa,César G. Escobar-Viera,Jaime E. Sidani,Nicholas David Bowman,Michael P. Marshal,Brian A. Primack +5 more
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PSMU largely explained the association between SMU and depressive symptom, suggesting that it may be how the authors use social media, not how much, that poses a risk.About:
This article is published in Social Science & Medicine.The article was published on 2017-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 260 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Addiction.read more
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Trends in depression prevalence in the USA from 2005 to 2015: widening disparities in vulnerable groups
Andrea H. Weinberger,Misato Gbedemah,Antigona Martinez,Denis Nash,Sandro Galea,Renee D. Goodwin +5 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of depression increased significantly in the USA from 2005 to 2015 and the rate of increase in depression among youth was significantly more rapid relative to older groups.
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Social media addiction: Its impact, mediation, and intervention
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relation of social media addiction to college students' mental health and academic performance, investigated the role of self-esteem as a mediator for the relations, and further tested the effectiveness of an intervention in reducing social media dependence and its potential adverse outcomes.
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Recent increases in depressive symptoms among US adolescents: trends from 1991 to 2018
TL;DR: Depressive symptoms are increasing among teens, especially among girls, consistent with increases in depression and suicide, and evidence of emerging risk factors that may be shaping a new and concerning trend in adolescent mental health is provided.
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Passive and Active Social Media Use and Depressive Symptoms Among United States Adults.
César G. Escobar-Viera,Ariel Shensa,Nicholas David Bowman,Jaime E. Sidani,Jennifer Knight,A. Everette James,Brian A. Primack +6 more
TL;DR: Assessment of the independent associations between active versus passive SMU and depressive symptoms in adults 18-49 of age found each one-point increase in active SMU was associated with a 15 percent decrease in depressive symptoms, however, in the same multivariable model, eachone-point decrease in activeSMU was linked to a 15% decrease in depression symptoms.
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Technology as a coping tool during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: Implications and recommendations.
TL;DR: This commentary reviews literature that discusses the potential harm of increased technology use as well as its benefits and recommendations about how technology can promote effective coping and improve physical and mental health during and after the COVID-19 pandemic are discussed.
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Online Social Networking and Addiction—A Review of the Psychological Literature
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TL;DR: The findings indicate that SNSs are predominantly used for social purposes, mostly related to the maintenance of established offline networks, and extraverts appear to use social networking sites for social enhancement, whereas introverts use it for social compensation.
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Item banks for measuring emotional distress from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®): depression, anxiety, and anger.
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