Correlations between social media addiction and anxiety, depression, FoMO, loneliness and self-esteem among students: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Jing, Zhang; Yang, Wang; Lei, Zhou; Junmei, Wu; Hui, Li; Tianmin, Zhu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0329466

Correlations between social media addiction and anxiety, depression, FoMO, loneliness and self-esteem among students: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Background and aims With the ubiquity of the internet, social media have become an essential part of daily life. There are various types of social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, WeChat and SNS. Social media addiction (SMA) was found to be significantly associated with mental health con…