Social Media and Youth Mental Health

IF 5.5 2区医学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY

Current Psychiatry Reports Pub Date : 2023-12-16 DOI:10.1007/s11920-023-01478-w

{"title":"Social Media and Youth Mental Health","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s11920-023-01478-w","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Abstract</h3> <span> <h3>Purpose of Review</h3> <p>We review recent evidence regarding the relationship between the social media (SM) habits, experiences, and the mental health of youth. We examine effects of social media use (SMU) on specific diagnoses including depression and anxiety. The relationship between psychiatric illness, specific SM experiences, and the issue of SM mental health contagion is also explored.</p> </span> <span> <h3>Recent Findings</h3> <p>Youth engagement in SMU has increased dramatically in recent years, concurrent with increases in prevalence of depression and anxiety. The relationship between SMU and mental illness is complex and depends on characteristics of the user (e.g., social comparison and fear of missing out (FOMO) and their SM habits and experiences (e.g., cyberbullying, and sexting,). SM engagement has distinct impacts on anxiety, depression, and suicidality. Growing evidence documents how SM may be a medium for psychiatric contagion. Research findings are largely correlational and dependent on subjective report, limiting their interpretation.</p> </span> <span> <h3>Summary</h3> <p>The mental health of youth is increasingly tied to their SMU, depending greatly on how youth engage with SM and resultant feedback. Future research must look to establish causality in relationships between SM and mental illness.</p> </span>","PeriodicalId":11057,"journal":{"name":"Current Psychiatry Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Psychiatry Reports","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-023-01478-w","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PSYCHIATRY","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Purpose of Review

We review recent evidence regarding the relationship between the social media (SM) habits, experiences, and the mental health of youth. We examine effects of social media use (SMU) on specific diagnoses including depression and anxiety. The relationship between psychiatric illness, specific SM experiences, and the issue of SM mental health contagion is also explored.

Recent Findings

Youth engagement in SMU has increased dramatically in recent years, concurrent with increases in prevalence of depression and anxiety. The relationship between SMU and mental illness is complex and depends on characteristics of the user (e.g., social comparison and fear of missing out (FOMO) and their SM habits and experiences (e.g., cyberbullying, and sexting,). SM engagement has distinct impacts on anxiety, depression, and suicidality. Growing evidence documents how SM may be a medium for psychiatric contagion. Research findings are largely correlational and dependent on subjective report, limiting their interpretation.

Summary

The mental health of youth is increasingly tied to their SMU, depending greatly on how youth engage with SM and resultant feedback. Future research must look to establish causality in relationships between SM and mental illness.

查看原文本刊更多论文

社交媒体与青少年心理健康

摘要综述目的我们综述了有关社交媒体（SM）习惯、经历与青少年心理健康之间关系的最新证据。我们研究了社交媒体使用（SMU）对特定诊断（包括抑郁和焦虑）的影响。此外，我们还探讨了精神病、特定的社交媒体体验以及社交媒体心理健康传染问题之间的关系。最新研究结果近年来，青少年参与 SMU 的人数急剧增加，与此同时，抑郁症和焦虑症的发病率也有所上升。SMU与精神疾病之间的关系很复杂，取决于用户的特点（如社会比较和害怕错过（FOMO））以及他们的SM习惯和经历（如网络欺凌和sexting）。参与 SM 对焦虑、抑郁和自杀有明显的影响。越来越多的证据表明，SM 可能是精神疾病传染的媒介。研究结果大多是相关性的，并依赖于主观报告，这限制了对研究结果的解释。摘要青少年的心理健康越来越多地与他们的 SMU 联系在一起，这在很大程度上取决于青少年如何参与 SM 和由此产生的反馈。未来的研究必须确定 SM 与精神疾病之间的因果关系。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Current Psychiatry Reports PSYCHIATRY-

CiteScore

11.30

自引率

3.00%

发文量

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： This journal aims to review the most important, recently published research in psychiatry. By providing clear, insightful, balanced contributions by international experts, the journal intends to serve all those involved in the care of those affected by psychiatric disorders. We accomplish this aim by appointing international authorities to serve as Section Editors in key subject areas, such as anxiety, medicopsychiatric disorders, and schizophrenia and other related psychotic disorders. Section Editors, in turn, select topics for which leading experts contribute comprehensive review articles that emphasize new developments and recently published papers of major importance, highlighted by annotated reference lists. An international Editorial Board reviews the annual table of contents, suggests articles of special interest to their country/region, and ensures that topics are current and include emerging research. Commentaries from well-known figures in the field are also provided.