Social Media Use and Adolescent Mental Health: Findings From the UK Millennium Cohort Study
Social Media Use and Adolescent Mental Health: Findings From the UK Millennium Cohort Study
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DOI：
10.1016/j.eclinm.2018.12.005
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发表时间：
2018-12-01
影响因子：
15.1
通讯作者：
Sacker, Amanda
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作者：
Kelly, Yvonne;Zilanawala, Afshin;Sacker, Amanda
背景：有证据表明，社交媒体的使用与年轻人的心理健康有关，但其潜在过程尚不清楚。本文i）评估社交媒体的使用是否与青少年的抑郁症状，和ii）调查通过在线骚扰，睡眠，自尊和身体images.Methods多个潜在的解释途径：我们使用的人口为基础的数据从英国千年队列研究10,904 14岁的青少年。多变量回归和路径模型被用来研究社交媒体使用和抑郁症状之间的关联。结果：社交媒体使用和抑郁症状之间的关联的大小是女孩比男孩大。与每日用途：3至≥ 5小时，女孩和男孩分别为50%和35%。更多的社交媒体使用与在线骚扰，睡眠不好，自尊心低和身体形象差有关;反过来，这些与更高的抑郁症状核心有关。多种潜在的干预途径是显而易见的，例如：更多的社交媒体使用时间与体重不满有关（>= 5小时31%更有可能不满意），这反过来又与抑郁症状评分直接相关（身体不满15%高抑郁症状评分）和间接通过自尊。解释：我们的研究结果强调了长期使用社交媒体对年轻人心理健康的潜在陷阱。研究结果与制定安全使用社交媒体的指导方针高度相关，并呼吁行业更严格地监管社交媒体的使用时间。(C)2018由Elsevier Ltd.出版
Background: Evidence suggests social media use is associated with mental health in young people but underlying processes are not well understood. This paper i) assesses whether social media use is associated with adolescents' depressive symptoms, and ii) investigates multiple potential explanatory pathways via online harassment, sleep, self-esteem and body image.Methods: We used population based data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study on 10,904 14 year olds. Multivariate regression and path models were used to examine associations between social media use and depressive symptoms.Findings: The magnitude of association between social media use and depressive symptoms was larger for girls than for boys. Compared with 1-3 h of daily use: 3 to = 5 h 50% vs 35% for girls and boys respectively. Greater social media use related to online harassment, poor sleep, low self-esteem and poor body image; in turn these related to higher depressive symptoms cores. Multiple potential intervening pathways were apparent, for example: greater hours social media use related to body weight dissatisfaction (>= 5 h 31% more likely to be dissatisfied), which in turn linked to depressive symptom scores directly (body dissatisfaction 15% higher depressive symptom scores) and indirectly via self-esteem.Interpretation: Our findings highlight the potential pitfalls of lengthy social media use for young people's mental health. Findings are highly relevant for the development of guidelines for the safe use of social media and calls on industry to more tightly regulate hours of social media use. (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd.