Has the prevalence of problematic social media use increased over the past seven years and since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic? A meta-analysis of the studies published since the development of the Bergen social media addiction scale
Casale S, Akbari M, Seydavi M, Bocci Benucci S, Fioravanti G
Addictive behaviors · 46 citas
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- Metaanálisis (indexado por PubMed)
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- Publicado
- 2023-08-23 · Addict Behav · vol. 147 · pág. 107838
- Editorial
- Elsevier BV
- Citado
- 86 citas · más que el 96% de estudios similares · 4.8× el promedio de su campo
- Impacto
- Entre el 10 % más citado de su campo
- Referencias
- 73 trabajos
- Acceso
- De pago
- Áreas de investigación
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Palabras clave
- social media addiction, Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, prevalence trends, COVID-19 pandemic, low-income countries, age differences, gender differences, income level, cross-cultural comparison, mental illness
- MeSH
- humans, prevalence, pandemics, social media, covid-19, internet addiction disorder
5 autores
- Silvia Casale🇮🇹University of Florence
- Mehdi Akbari🇮🇷 · autor de correspondenciaKharazmi University
- Mohammad Seydavi🇮🇷Kharazmi University
- Sara Bocci Benucci🇮🇹University of Florence
- Giulia Fioravanti🇮🇹University of Florence
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Problematic Social Media Use (PSMU) has been defined as the lack of regulation of one's use of social media associated with negative outcomes in everyday functioning. Previous meta-analyses reported PSMU prevalence before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and based the estimates on the cut-off scores, which are debatable in the current fields. The present meta-analysis aims to explore whether PSMU, as assessed by the most used self-report scale (i.e., the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale; BSMAS), increased across the world (i) since the first published study on this topic (i.e., in the last seven years), (ii) since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and (iii) depending on age, gender and the income level of the countries. The meta-analysis involved 139 independent samples with 133,955 respondents from 32 countries spanning seven world regions. The results show that PSMU: (i) is significantly higher in low-income countries (LIC); (ii) did not increase in the last 7 years overall and after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, except for LIC; (iii) did not vary depending on age and gender. The higher prevalence of PSMU reported during the COVID-19 pandemic by some single studies may have been a transient phenomenon to cope with physical distances in some countries, whilst, in others, an overall increase of PSMU occurred. High levels of PSMU in LIC might be explained based on socio-cultural differences between countries, but also with the higher prevalence of mental disorders in LIC since PSMU might be a symptom of other, more primary psychiatric disorders.
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