2017
DOI: 10.1007/s40894-017-0053-4
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Social Media and Depressive Symptoms in Childhood and Adolescence: A Systematic Review

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“…In a 2017 systematic review, McCrae, Gettings and Pursell () conducted a more focused review examining the association between social media use and depressive symptoms among children and adolescents (aged 5–18). Only 11 studies met eligibility for inclusion in the quantitative meta‐analysis (focused on social networking sites and usage, restricted to English language publication, and conducted in general vs. clinical samples) resulting in a total N for the analysis of 12,646.…”
Section: What Do We Currently Know About the Association Between Adolmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In a 2017 systematic review, McCrae, Gettings and Pursell () conducted a more focused review examining the association between social media use and depressive symptoms among children and adolescents (aged 5–18). Only 11 studies met eligibility for inclusion in the quantitative meta‐analysis (focused on social networking sites and usage, restricted to English language publication, and conducted in general vs. clinical samples) resulting in a total N for the analysis of 12,646.…”
Section: What Do We Currently Know About the Association Between Adolmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There has also been increasing attention on the negative outcomes associated with social media in adolescence (Best et al 2014;Strasburger et al 2013;Woods and Scott 2016), with some indication that the mental health of girls may be vulnerable to its use (Booker et al 2018). Although a moderate significant association have been found between social media and depressive symptoms in young people, most of these studies are crosssectional or of a limited duration (Barry et al 2017;McCrae et al 2017). There is recent evidence that increasing use of social media is associated with increasing depressive symptoms in girls (Raudsepp and Kais 2019).…”
Section: Early Predictors and Adolescent Outcomesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Research on social media and adolescent mental health has proliferated in recent years, with many studies exploring whether more frequent use of social media is associated with various mental health concerns, including depression [11], body image concerns and disordered eating [12], and externalizing problems [13]. In general, findings from these studies have been mixed, with many revealing a small but significant negative effect of social media use on mental health.…”
Section: Understanding the Impact Of Social Media On Youth Mental Healthmentioning
confidence: 99%