Does social media use increase depressive symptoms? A reverse causation perspective

According to the World Health Organization (1), 264 million individuals worldwide suffer from depression—a condition characterized by feelings of low self-worth, impaired concentration, and disturbed sleep, among various other maladaptive symptoms (2). Adolescents between 13 and 18 years of age are...

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Main Authors: Hartanto, Andree, Quek, Frosch Y. X., Tng, Germaine Y. Q., Yong, Jose C.
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1520372023-05-19T07:31:16Z Does social media use increase depressive symptoms? A reverse causation perspective Hartanto, Andree Quek, Frosch Y. X. Tng, Germaine Y. Q. Yong, Jose C. Nanyang Business School Social sciences::Psychology Social Media Depression According to the World Health Organization (1), 264 million individuals worldwide suffer from depression—a condition characterized by feelings of low self-worth, impaired concentration, and disturbed sleep, among various other maladaptive symptoms (2). Adolescents between 13 and 18 years of age are also vulnerable (3), with a 52% increase in the prevalence of depression among adolescents from 2005 to 2017 (4). Depression is tied to many serious problems including failure to complete education, higher unplanned parenthood rates, poorer interpersonal relations, and heightened risk of substance abuse and suicidality (5–7). Published version This research was supported by the Ministry of Education Academy Research Fund Tier 1, awarded to AH by Singapore Management University (20-C242-SMU-001). 2021-11-17T08:41:05Z 2021-11-17T08:41:05Z 2021 Journal Article Hartanto, A., Quek, F. Y. X., Tng, G. Y. Q. & Yong, J. C. (2021). Does social media use increase depressive symptoms? A reverse causation perspective. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 641934-. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.641934 1664-0640 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152037 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.641934 33833700 2-s2.0-85103847520 12 641934 en Frontiers in Psychiatry © 2021 Hartanto, Quek, Tng and Yong. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
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Singapore
content_provider NTU Library
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language English
topic Social sciences::Psychology
Social Media
Depression
spellingShingle Social sciences::Psychology
Social Media
Depression
Hartanto, Andree
Quek, Frosch Y. X.
Tng, Germaine Y. Q.
Yong, Jose C.
Does social media use increase depressive symptoms? A reverse causation perspective
description According to the World Health Organization (1), 264 million individuals worldwide suffer from depression—a condition characterized by feelings of low self-worth, impaired concentration, and disturbed sleep, among various other maladaptive symptoms (2). Adolescents between 13 and 18 years of age are also vulnerable (3), with a 52% increase in the prevalence of depression among adolescents from 2005 to 2017 (4). Depression is tied to many serious problems including failure to complete education, higher unplanned parenthood rates, poorer interpersonal relations, and heightened risk of substance abuse and suicidality (5–7).
author2 Nanyang Business School
author_facet Nanyang Business School
Hartanto, Andree
Quek, Frosch Y. X.
Tng, Germaine Y. Q.
Yong, Jose C.
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author Hartanto, Andree
Quek, Frosch Y. X.
Tng, Germaine Y. Q.
Yong, Jose C.
author_sort Hartanto, Andree
title Does social media use increase depressive symptoms? A reverse causation perspective
title_short Does social media use increase depressive symptoms? A reverse causation perspective
title_full Does social media use increase depressive symptoms? A reverse causation perspective
title_fullStr Does social media use increase depressive symptoms? A reverse causation perspective
title_full_unstemmed Does social media use increase depressive symptoms? A reverse causation perspective
title_sort does social media use increase depressive symptoms? a reverse causation perspective
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