ABSTRACT

Objective

The degree to which adolescent social media use is associated with depressive symptoms has been the source of considerable debate. Prior studies have been limited by a reliance on cross-sectional data and measures of overall “screen time.” This study examines prospective associations between adolescents’ emotional responses to social media experiences and depressive symptoms, and examines gender differences in these processes.

Method

A school-based sample of 687 adolescents (48.6% girls; M_age = 14.3; 38.1% White, 29.4% Hispanic, 23.0% Black) completed measures of positive and negative emotional responses to social media experiences and depressive symptoms at two time points, one year apart.

Results

Higher levels of depressive symptoms were associated with more frequent negative emotional responses to social media experiences one year later, whereas greater positive emotional responses to social media were associated with later depressive symptoms. Girls reported overall greater emotional responses to social media experiences, but gender did not moderate associations between these emotional responses and depressive symptoms.

Conclusion

Findings highlight the importance of examining adolescents’ positive and negative emotional experiences in the context of social media use, and the ways in which these experiences intersect with depressive symptoms, so as to identify youth who may be most vulnerable to negative effects of social media use.

中文翻译：

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青少年对社交媒体体验的情绪反应：与抑郁症状的纵向关联

摘要

客观的

青少年社交媒体使用与抑郁症状的相关程度一直是争论的焦点。先前的研究因依赖横截面数据和总体“屏幕时间”的测量而受到限制。本研究考察了青少年对社交媒体体验的情绪反应与抑郁症状之间的前瞻性关联，并考察了这些过程中的性别差异。

方法

基于学校的 687 名青少年样本（48.6% 女孩；M_年龄 = 14.3；38.1% 白人，29.4% 西班牙裔，23.0% 黑人）在两个时间点完成了对社交媒体体验和抑郁症状的积极和消极情绪反应的测量，相隔一年。

结果

更高水平的抑郁症状与一年后对社交媒体经历更频繁的负面情绪反应有关，而对社交媒体的更积极情绪反应与后来的抑郁症状有关。女孩总体上对社交媒体经历有更大的情绪反应，但性别并没有缓和这些情绪反应与抑郁症状之间的关联。

结论

研究结果强调了在社交媒体使用的背景下检查青少年积极和消极情绪体验的重要性，以及这些体验与抑郁症状相交的方式，以确定可能最容易受到社交媒体使用负面影响的青少年.