An analysis of the current research on social media platforms usage and mental health found that in general, there is no conclusive link between social media and major mental health issues. Some studies have linked social media usage to depression and anxiety rates or issues with self-esteem in ...
According to a survey conducted in 2022, 46 percent of teenagers in the United States said that social media had a positive effect on them personally due to being able to connect and socialize on such services. Overall, six percent of respondents reported feeling that social media provided benef...
Here's our selection of key social media usage statistics: The average person spends 2 hours and 24 minutes on social media every day. The average American checks their mobile device 159 times a day. Users will spend 4 trillion hours on social media this year. 46% of Americans say they...
The surge in social network services (SNS) usage has ignited concerns about potential addictive behaviors stemming from excessive engagement. This research focuses on pinpointing the primary determinants of SNS addiction by introducing a theoretical framework centered on flow, perceived enjoyment, and habit...
According to Global Social Media User Statistics, China had 1.021 billion social media users as of 2023, ranking first worldwide [3]. Teenagers and young adults continue to dominate the China’s social media users base [4]. Although the wide variety of social media applications and the ...
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Detecting depression on social media has received significant attention. Developing a depression detection model helps screen depressed individuals who may need proper treatment. While prior work mainly focused on developing depression detection models w
Do you wonder why mental health of teenagers plunged in the in the early 2010s (e.g., increase in anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts) with a decrease in actual social interactions (e.g., dating or leaving home to live independently)? I was aware of, and have done research on, the...
We document mental and social distress of children, adolescents and adults, using data on 3 million calls to German helplines between January 2019 and May 2022. High-frequency data from crisis helpline logs offer rich information on the evolution of “re
The dominant emotion from the media’s posts was “like” in July 2021, but it became depression in January 2022. Anger was the prevalent emotion from the public during all the stages. This study provided valuable knowledge to the current understanding of the different patterns and dynamics of...