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Depressed adolescents’ positive and negative use of social media.

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Radovic, Ana, Gmelin, Theresa, Stein, Bradley D., Miller, Elizabeth·2017·Journal of Adolescence

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This qualitative study examined descriptions of social media use among 23 adolescents (18 female, 5 male) who were diagnosed with depression to explore how social media use may influence and be influenced by psychological distress. Adolescents described both positive and negative use of social media. Positive use included searching for positive content (i.e. for entertainment, humor, content creation) or for social connection. Negative use included sharing risky behaviors, cyberbullying, and for making self‐denigrating comparisons with others. Adolescents described three types of use in further detail including “oversharing” (sharing updates at a high frequency or too much personal information), “stressed posting” (sharing negative updates with a social network), and encountering “triggering posts.” In the context of treatment, these adolescents shifted their social media use patterns from what they perceived as negative to more positive use. Implications for clinicians counseling depressed adolescents on social media use are discussed.

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Authors: Radovic, A., Gmelin, T., Stein, B. D., & Miller, E.
Affiliations: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Oakland Medical Building, 3420 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15213 United States
University of Pittsburgh (US)
RAND Corporation (US)
ORCID: Gmelin, Theresa
Stein, Bradley D.
Miller, Elizabeth
Venue: Journal of Adolescence
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2016-12-18
Volume: 55
Issue: 1
Pages: 5-15
ISSN: 0140-1971 (ISSN-L)
1095-9254
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.12.002
PMC: PMC5485251
OpenAlex: W2566587171
Semantic Scholar: 1c8514a1fc81106e03f07bf026329f0f171e89e9
Cited by: 350
References: 52
Citations by year: 2026: 25 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 64 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 1
FWCI: 58.14
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Adolescence (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (K12HS022989, T32 HS019486‐01)
Healthcare Research and Quality (K12HS022989, T32 HS019486-01)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health via Writing
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
Keywords: adolescent depression, social media use, cyberbullying, self-comparison, oversharing, psychological distress, social connectedness, content creation, depression treatment
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Depression, Female, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Risk-Taking, Stress, Psychological, Qualitative Research, Bullying, Social Media

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