Deteriorating mental health among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic is a serious worldwide public health concern. This study aims to examine the linkage between social media addiction and mental health of university students in Indonesia and to address whether family relationship and religiosity may mitigate the harmful effects of social media on the mental health of students at this time. We collected data from 709 students at universities across the country between June 3 and June 20, 2020. Mental health was measured using 10 items validated by the Center for Epidemiological Studies–Depression (CES-D) scale. We found that students with higher social media addiction scores had a greater likelihood of experiencing mild depression (OR 1.07, CI: 1.02–1.12). Students who had good relationships with their parents and were more religious showed better mental health than those who had poor relationships with their parents and were less religious. This study suggests the need to mitigate university students’ mental health risks through reducing social media addiction while encouraging family relationships and religiosity during the pandemic.

在 COVID-19 大流行期间，大学生心理健康状况恶化是一个严重的全球公共卫生问题。本研究旨在检验社交媒体成瘾与印度尼西亚大学生心理健康之间的联系，并探讨家庭关系和宗教信仰是否可以减轻社交媒体对此时学生心理健康的有害影响。我们收集了 2020 年 6 月 3 日至 6 月 20 日期间全国 709 名大学学生的数据。使用流行病学研究中心 - 抑郁症 (CES-D) 量表验证的 10 个项目来测量心理健康。我们发现社交媒体成瘾分数较高的学生患轻度抑郁症的可能性更大（OR 1.07，CI：1.02–1.12）。与父母关系良好且较虔诚的学生比与父母关系较差且较不虔诚的学生表现出更好的心理健康。这项研究表明，有必要通过减少社交媒体成瘾来减轻大学生的心理健康风险，同时在大流行期间鼓励家庭关系和宗教信仰。