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Longitudinal associations between problematic social media use and depressive symptoms in adolescent girls
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The primary aim of the current study was to examine longitudinal relation between problematic social media use (PSMU) and depressive symptoms in adolescent girls. Adolescent girls (n = 397) were assessed in three time points across two years. PSMU and depressive symptoms were subjectively assessed at three waves spaced 2 years apart. Latent growth models were used to test whether changes in PSMU were related to changes in depressive symptoms, and whether baseline PSMU predicted changes in depressive symptoms and vice versa. Results revealed baseline PSMU was positively associated with baseline depressive symptoms (β = 0.29, p < 0.01), and changes in PSMU were related to changes in depressive symptoms (β = 0.22, p < 0.05). In addition, baseline depressive symptoms were predictive of changes in PSMU (β = 0.23, p < 0.05), but baseline PSMU did not predict changes in depressive symptoms. These findings provide evidence of positive associations between increasing PSMU and depressive symptoms and suggest that interventions should target reduction of PSMU to prevent adolescents' mental health problems.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Raudsepp, L., & Kais, K.
- Affiliations
- University of Tartu (EE)
- Corresponding author
- Raudsepp, Lennart
- ORCID
- Raudsepp, Lennart
- Venue
- Preventive Medicine Reports
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-09
- Volume
- 15
- Pages
- 100925
- ISSN
- 2211-3355 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6603436
- OpenAlex
- W2952745509
- Cited by
- 114
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 24.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Preventive Medicine Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Tartu Ülikool
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health via Writing
- Keywords
- social media addiction, depressive symptoms, adolescent girls, longitudinal associations, mental health, social media use, prevention interventions
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