When perceptions defy reality: The relationships between depression and actual and perceived Facebook social support

Park, Jiyoung; Lee, David Seungjae; Shablack, Holly; Verduyn, Philippe; Deldin, Patricia J.; Ybarra, Oscar; Jonides, John; Kross, Ethan

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2016.01.048

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“…In this light, individuals with higher levels of depression and anxiety may be more inclined to interpret or perceive SNS interaction as more negative regardless of the communication content exchanged between users. The potential for such a perceptual bias in interpreting SNS interactions has also been suggested in reference to social support perceptions and is further discussed below (see Park et al [93]).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…SNS users with depression differ from users without depression in that they express negative affect more frequently, use more personal pronouns, and generally have lower frequencies of interaction with others in their SNS network [91,92]. Park et al [93] have shown that individuals with a diagnosis of MDD more frequently post negative sentiment than those who are not depressed, and Moreno and colleagues [85,94] demonstrated that depression could be identified in the language used in the Facebook posts of college students based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition) criteria for MDD.…”

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Social Networking Sites, Depression, and Anxiety: A Systematic Review

Seabrook¹,

Kern²,

Rickard³

2016

JMIR Ment Health

534

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BackgroundSocial networking sites (SNSs) have become a pervasive part of modern culture, which may also affect mental health.ObjectiveThe aim of this systematic review was to identify and summarize research examining depression and anxiety in the context of SNSs. It also aimed to identify studies that complement the assessment of mental illness with measures of well-being and examine moderators and mediators that add to the complexity of this environment.MethodsA multidatabase search was performed. Papers published between January 2005 and June 2016 relevant to mental illness (depression and anxiety only) were extracted and reviewed.ResultsPositive interactions, social support, and social connectedness on SNSs were consistently related to lower levels of depression and anxiety, whereas negative interaction and social comparisons on SNSs were related to higher levels of depression and anxiety. SNS use related to less loneliness and greater self-esteem and life satisfaction. Findings were mixed for frequency of SNS use and number of SNS friends. Different patterns in the way individuals with depression and individuals with social anxiety engage with SNSs are beginning to emerge.ConclusionsThe systematic review revealed many mixed findings between depression, anxiety, and SNS use. Methodology has predominantly focused on self-report cross-sectional approaches; future research will benefit from leveraging real-time SNS data over time. The evidence suggests that SNS use correlates with mental illness and well-being; however, whether this effect is beneficial or detrimental depends at least partly on the quality of social factors in the SNS environment. Understanding these relationships will lead to better utilization of SNSs in their potential to positively influence mental health.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Networking Sites, Depression, and Anxiety: A Systematic Review

Seabrook¹,

Kern²,

Rickard³

2016

JMIR Ment Health

534

394

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“…At a broad level, the frequent expression of negative affect within social media status updates has been associated with higher levels of depression symptoms [2,3,5,[7][8][9][10]. Frequently expressing positive affect, on the other hand, tends to be associated with lower levels of depression and greater levels of well-being [8,11,12].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Considering the frequent use of emotion language in status updates that relate to current experiences [13,14], for a large proportion of the population social media can provide unobtrusive access to time-sensitive and ecologically valid samples of expressed emotion [2,[41][42][43]. While observations of emotion variability and instability are yet to be applied to social media as a means of automatically screening for individuals at risk of depression, depression change has been demonstrated to be visible through changes in status update posting activity and content [2,4,10,44,45].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Individuals with depression produce more content on social media when experiencing more severe symptoms [55,56] and this often relates to the disclosure of symptoms, negative experiences, or posting to seek social support [3,7,9,10]. Large changes in the proportion of negative emotion words used between consecutive status updates could reflect patterns of Facebook use that mirror the inherent variation in the severity of depression symptoms over time.…”

Section: Negative Affect Instability On Facebookmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Predicting Depression From Language-Based Emotion Dynamics: Longitudinal Analysis of Facebook and Twitter Status Updates (Preprint)

Seabrook¹,

Fulcher²,

Rickard³

2017

Preprint

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Widening the net: Use of social media data in personal injury and disability evaluations

Drago,

Giuliano

2024

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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A central tenet of forensic mental health assessment is the use of multiple sources of data. Traditionally, these sources have included clinical interviews with and observations of the examinee, written records review, psychological test data, and interviews with collateral sources. Data from social media and social networking sites (SNS) is now widely used in civil litigation. However, existing professional practice standards and guidelines do not specifically address the use of SNS data. This leaves forensic mental health evaluators with little guidance as to why, when and how to incorporate SNS data into their evaluations. We review the extant literature on the use of SNS and other social media data in personal injury and disability cases, including legal, ethical, and practical considerations, with the goal of providing forensic mental health practitioners with a framework for making decisions about when and how to incorporate these data into their evaluations and opinions. We advocate caution in conducting independent searches of social media and the Internet, and in making inferences about internal states based on SNS postings. To illustrate these points, we include a case study.

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When perceptions defy reality: The relationships between depression and actual and perceived Facebook social support

Abstract: These results demonstrate that an asymmetry characterizes the relationship between depression and different types of Facebook social support and further identify perceptions of Facebook social support as a potential intervention target. (243 words; 250 max).

Cited by 86 publications

References 47 publications

Social Networking Sites, Depression, and Anxiety: A Systematic Review

Social Networking Sites, Depression, and Anxiety: A Systematic Review

Predicting Depression From Language-Based Emotion Dynamics: Longitudinal Analysis of Facebook and Twitter Status Updates (Preprint)

Widening the net: Use of social media data in personal injury and disability evaluations

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