Nesi Jacqueline, Miller Adam B, Prinstein Mitchell J
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
J Appl Dev Psychol. 2017 Jul;51:12-19. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2017.02.002. Epub 2017 Mar 1.
This study examined the longitudinal effects of adolescents' depressive symptoms on engagement in technology-based social comparison and feedback seeking (SCFS) behaviors. A total of 816 adolescents (54.7% girls; =14.1 at Time 1) participated at three times points, each one year apart. Adolescents reported technology-based SCFS, depressive symptoms, and frequencies of technology use (cell phones, Facebook, and Instagram). Multiple group (by gender) latent growth curve models examined concurrent and lagged effects of depressive symptoms on SCFS, controlling for adolescent's underlying trajectories of SCFS and overall frequencies of technology use. Results indicated that higher levels of depressive symptoms were concurrently associated with greater SCFS after accounting for adolescents' typical patterns of SCFS. For boys only, higher depressive symptoms were prospectively associated with later increases in SCFS. Results highlight the importance of social media as a unique context in which depressed adolescents may be at risk for maladaptive interpersonal behavior.
本研究考察了青少年抑郁症状对基于技术的社会比较和寻求反馈(SCFS)行为参与度的纵向影响。共有816名青少年(54.7%为女孩;时间1时平均年龄=14.1岁)在三个时间点参与研究,各时间点相隔一年。青少年报告了基于技术的SCFS、抑郁症状以及技术使用频率(手机、脸书和照片墙)。多组(按性别)潜在增长曲线模型检验了抑郁症状对SCFS的同期和滞后影响,同时控制青少年SCFS的潜在轨迹和技术使用的总体频率。结果表明,在考虑青少年SCFS的典型模式后,较高水平的抑郁症状与更高的SCFS同时相关。仅对于男孩而言,较高的抑郁症状与SCFS随后的增加存在前瞻性关联。研究结果凸显了社交媒体作为一个独特背景的重要性,在这个背景下,抑郁的青少年可能面临适应不良人际行为的风险。