Longitudinal associations between problematic social media use and depressive symptoms in adolescent girls
Raudsepp L, Kais K
Preventive medicine reports · 57 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Cohort study (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- University or hospital
- Tartu Ülikool
Based on 1 listed funder(s) and full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2019-06-21 · Prev Med Rep · vol. 15 · p. 100925
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Cited
- 113 citations · more than 99% of similar papers · 23.8× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 42 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Child Development and Digital Technology · Social Media and Politics
- Keywords
- social media addiction, depressive symptoms, adolescent girls, longitudinal associations, mental health, social media use, prevention interventions
2 authors
From EE
- Lennart Raudsepp · correspondingUniversity of Tartu
- Kristjan KaisUniversity of Tartu
Abstract
The primary aim of the current study was to examine longitudinal relation between problematic social media use (PSMU) and depressive symptoms in adolescent girls. Adolescent girls (n = 397) were assessed in three time points across two years. PSMU and depressive symptoms were subjectively assessed at three waves spaced 2 years apart. Latent growth models were used to test whether changes in PSMU were related to changes in depressive symptoms, and whether baseline PSMU predicted changes in depressive symptoms and vice versa. Results revealed baseline PSMU was positively associated with baseline depressive symptoms (β = 0.29, p p p < 0.05), but baseline PSMU did not predict changes in depressive symptoms. These findings provide evidence of positive associations between increasing PSMU and depressive symptoms and suggest that interventions should target reduction of PSMU to prevent adolescents' mental health problems.
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