Social media use and its impact on adults' mental health and well-being: A scoping review.

IF 3.4 2区医学 Q1 NURSING Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-12 DOI:10.1111/wvn.12727

Ghee Kian Koh, Jenna Qing Yun Ow Yong, Ainsley Ryan Yan Bin Lee, Bernard Soon Yang Ong, Chun En Yau, Cyrus Su Hui Ho, Yong Shian Goh

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Background: Social media use has grown in importance and prevalence, with its estimated number of users at 4.9 billion worldwide. Social media use research has revealed positive and negative impacts on users' mental health and well-being. However, such impacts among adults have not been examined in any reviews.

Methods: A scoping review was conducted based on the framework by Arksey and O'Malley and reported based on the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. Eight databases were searched from 2005 to December 2021. Articles were included after being reviewed by three independent teams, with discrepancies resolved through consensus with the senior author. Publication-related information (i.e., authors, year of publication, aims, study population, methodology, interventions, comparisons, outcome measures and key findings) were extracted from each study. Thematic analysis was conducted to answer the research questions.

Results: Among the 114 eligible articles, young adults (69.6%) represented the main age group. Most studies (78.6%) focused on the negative impacts of social media use on mental health and well-being, with nearly a third (32.1%) assessing such impacts on depression. Notably, this scoping review found that more than three-quarters (78.6%) of the included studies revealed that excessive and passive social media use would increases depression, anxiety, mood and loneliness. Nevertheless, a third (33.0%) also reported positive impacts, where positive and purposeful use of social media contributes to improvements in mental health and well-being, such as increased perceived social support and enjoyment.

Linking evidence to action: This review has provided an overview of the existing knowledge on how social media use affects adults and identified areas of research that merit investigation in future studies. More attention should be given to maximizing the positive impacts of social media use on mental health and well-being among adults.

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社交媒体的使用及其对成人心理健康和幸福感的影响：范围综述。

背景：社交媒体的使用越来越重要，也越来越普遍，估计全球用户数量已达 49 亿。社交媒体使用研究显示，社交媒体对用户的心理健康和幸福感有积极和消极的影响。然而，还没有任何综述对成年人使用社交媒体的影响进行过研究：根据 Arksey 和 O'Malley 提出的框架进行了范围界定研究，并根据 PRISMA-ScR 指南进行了报告。检索了 2005 年至 2021 年 12 月的八个数据库。文章经三个独立小组审阅后纳入，不一致之处由资深作者协商一致解决。从每项研究中提取了与发表相关的信息（即作者、发表年份、目的、研究人群、方法、干预措施、比较、结果测量和主要发现）。为回答研究问题进行了专题分析：在 114 篇符合条件的文章中，年轻人（69.6%）是主要的年龄组。大多数研究（78.6%）侧重于社交媒体的使用对心理健康和幸福感的负面影响，其中近三分之一（32.1%）的研究评估了社交媒体对抑郁症的影响。值得注意的是，本次范围界定审查发现，超过四分之三（78.6%）的纳入研究显示，过度和被动使用社交媒体会增加抑郁、焦虑、情绪和孤独感。然而，三分之一（33.0%）的研究也报告了积极的影响，即积极和有目的的使用社交媒体将有助于改善心理健康和幸福感，如增加感知到的社会支持和乐趣：本综述概述了关于社交媒体的使用将如何影响成年人的现有知识，并确定了值得在今后的研究中进行调查的研究领域。应更多地关注如何最大限度地发挥社交媒体的使用对成年人心理健康和幸福的积极影响。

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Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing 医学-护理

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