Age-related differences in social media use, online social support, and depressive symptoms in adolescents and emerging adults

IF 6.8 3区医学 Q1 PEDIATRICS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Pub Date : 2023-02-07 DOI:10.1111/camh.12640

Madison Politte-Corn, Elizabeth A. Nick, Autumn Kujawa

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Abstract

Background

Despite growing concerns about the impact of social media use on the developing brain and associated mental health impacts, whether susceptibility to the benefits and harms of social media use changes across adolescence and young adulthood has yet to be empirically tested.

Method

Using a cross-sectional sample of participants aged 14–22 years (N = 254), we examined (a) linear and non-linear age-related changes in social media use and online social support and (b) age-related differences in the effects of social media use and online social support on depressive symptoms.

Results

We found age differences in social media use, but not online social support, such that social media use increased across adolescence and peaked around age 20, followed by stable use into young adulthood. Age moderated the effect of online social support, but not overall social media use, on depressive symptoms, such that online social support was negatively associated with depressive symptoms for adolescents (age < 16.98), but the opposite pattern emerged for young adults (age > 19.04).

Conclusions

Results suggest overall developmental changes in social media use and that adolescents may be more susceptible than emerging adults to the beneficial effects of positive online interactions on mental health.

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青少年和新兴成年人在社交媒体使用、在线社交支持和抑郁症状方面的年龄相关差异。

背景：尽管人们越来越担心社交媒体的使用对发育中的大脑的影响以及相关的心理健康影响，但青少年和青年期对社交媒体使用的益处和危害的易感性是否会发生变化，尚待实证检验。方法：使用14-22岁参与者的横断面样本年（N=254），我们研究了（a）社交媒体使用和在线社会支持的线性和非线性年龄相关性变化，以及（b）社交媒体的使用和在线社交支持对抑郁症状影响的年龄相关性差异。结果：我们发现了社交媒体使用的年龄差异，但没有发现在线社交支持的年龄差异。因此，社交媒体的使用在整个青春期都有所增加，在20岁左右达到峰值，随后在年轻成年期稳定使用。年龄调节了在线社交支持对抑郁症状的影响，而不是总体社交媒体使用，因此在线社交支持与青少年的抑郁症状呈负相关（年龄 19.04）。结论：研究结果表明，社交媒体使用的总体发展变化，青少年可能比新兴成年人更容易受到积极的网络互动对心理健康的有益影响。

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Child and Adolescent Mental Health PEDIATRICS-PSYCHIATRY

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8.30

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3.30%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) publishes high quality, peer-reviewed child and adolescent mental health services research of relevance to academics, clinicians and commissioners internationally. The journal''s principal aim is to foster evidence-based clinical practice and clinically orientated research among clinicians and health services researchers working with children and adolescents, parents and their families in relation to or with a particular interest in mental health. CAMH publishes reviews, original articles, and pilot reports of innovative approaches, interventions, clinical methods and service developments. The journal has regular sections on Measurement Issues, Innovations in Practice, Global Child Mental Health and Humanities. All published papers should be of direct relevance to mental health practitioners and clearly draw out clinical implications for the field.