Problematic social media use and depressive symptoms among U.S. young adults: A nationally-representative study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue , 2017, Pages 150-157

  Shensa, Ariel ^a,b   Escobar Viera, César G ^b   Sidani, Jaime E ^a,b   Bowman, Nicholas D ^c   Marshal, Michael P ^a   Primack, Brian A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Nationally representative; Problematic social media use; PROMIS (patient reported outcomes measurement information system); Social media; Social media addiction; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDIA ROLE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERGEN FACEBOOK ADDICTION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES MEASUREMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM BRIEF DEPRESSION SCALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PROBLEMATIC SOCIAL MEDIA USE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SYMPTOM; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; ADDICTION; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; ODDS RATIO; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85018434751     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.03.061     Document Type: Article

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