Hooked on virtual social life. Problematic social media use and associations with mental distress and addictive disorders
Henzel V, Håkansson A
PloS one · 38 citas
Cómo se estudió
- Diseño
- Ensayo clínico controlado (indexado por PubMed)
- Estudiado en
- Personas
- Resultado principal
- Marcadores de salud y funcionamiento
Quién lo pagó
- Financiación
- Financiación independiente
- Universidad u hospital
- Lunds Universitet
Según 1 financiador declarado y la declaración de financiación del texto completo.
Publicación
- Publicado
- 2021-04-08 · PLoS One · vol. 16 · número 4 · pág. e0248406
- Editorial
- Public Library of Science
- Citado
- 82 citas · más que el 99% de estudios similares · 19.7× el promedio de su campo
- Impacto
- Entre el 10 % más citado de su campo
- Referencias
- 66 trabajos
- Acceso
- Acceso abierto (revista) · CC-BY
- Áreas de investigación
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Digital Mental Health Interventions · Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Palabras clave
- social media addiction, psychological distress, behavioral addiction, internet addiction, problem gaming, problem gambling, instant messaging, addiction, young adults, general population
- MeSH
- humans, cross-sectional studies, behavior, addictive, mental health, age factors, video games, internet, adolescent, adult, aged, aged, 80 and over, middle aged, sweden, female, male, social media
2 autores
- Vincent Henzel🇸🇪Lund University; Region Skåne
- Anders Håkansson🇸🇪 · autor de correspondenciaLund University; Region Skåne
Resumen
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Background
Social media is an important and growing part of the lives of the vast majority of the global population, especially in the young. Although still a young and scarce subject, research has revealed that social media has addictive potential. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to explore the associations between problematic use of social media and mental distress, problematic gaming and gambling, within the Swedish general population.
Methods
Data from 2,118 respondents was collected through self-report questions on demographics and validated scales measuring addiction-like experiences of social media, problem gaming, problem gambling, and mental distress. Associations were analyzed in unadjusted analyses and-for variables not exceedingly inter-correlated-in adjusted logistic regression analyses.
Results
In adjusted analyses, problematic use of social media demonstrated a relationship with younger age, time using instant messaging services, and mental distress, but not with education level, occupational status, or with treatment needs for alcohol or drug problems. Behavioral addictions (internet, gaming and gambling) were substantially inter-correlated, and all were associated with problematic use of social media in unadjusted analyses.
Conclusions
Social media use is associated with other addictive behaviors and mental distress. While factors of causality remain to be studied, these insights can motivate healthcare professionals to assess social media habits, for example in individuals suffering from issues concerning gambling, gaming or mental health.
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