Does time spent using social media impact mental health?: An eight year longitudinal study
Does time spent using social media impact mental health?: An eight year longitudinal study
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DOI：
10.1016/j.chb.2019.106160
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发表时间：
2020-03-01
影响因子：
9.9
通讯作者：
Booth, McCall
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作者：
Coyne, Sarah M.;Rogers, Adam A.;Booth, McCall
许多研究发现，使用社交媒体的时间与心理健康问题（如抑郁和焦虑）之间存在联系。然而，现有的研究受到横截面研究的困扰，缺乏分析技术来研究个体随时间的变化。目前的研究涉及一项为期8年的纵向研究，研究使用社交媒体的时间与个体内部抑郁和焦虑之间的关联。参与者包括500名13至20岁的青少年，他们每年完成一次问卷调查。结果显示，在个人层面上检查时，在社交媒体上花费的时间增加与整个发展过程中心理健康问题的增加无关。希望这些结果可以使研究领域超越过去对屏幕时间的关注。
Many studies have found a link between time spent using social media and mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety. However, the existing research is plagued by cross-sectional research and lacks analytic techniques examining individual change over time. The current research involves an 8-year longitudinal study examining the association between time spent using social media and depression and anxiety at the intra-individual level. Participants included 500 adolescents who completed once-yearly questionnaires between the ages of 13 and 20. Results revealed that increased time spent on social media was not associated with increased mental health issues across development when examined at the individual level. Hopefully these results can move the field of research beyond its past focus on screen time.