School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Perú.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2019 Feb;65(1):14-19. doi: 10.1177/0020764018814270. Epub 2018 Nov 30.
The purpose of this study was to determine the association between social media dependence and depressive symptoms and also, to characterize the level of dependence. It was a transversal, analytical research.
The stratified sample was 212 students from a private university that used Facebook, Instagram and/or Twitter. To measure depressive symptoms, Beck Depression Inventory was used, and to measure the dependence to social media, the Social Media Addiction Test was used, adapted from the Internet Addiction Test of Echeburúa. The collected data were subjected for analysis by descriptive statistics where STATA12 was used.
The results show that there is an association between social media dependence and depressive symptoms (PR [Prevalence Ratio] = 2.87, CI [Confidence Interval] 2.03-4.07). It was also shown that preferring the use of Twitter (PR = 1.84, CI 1.21-2.82) over Instagram (PR = 1.61, CI 1.13-2.28) is associated with depressive symptoms when compared to the use of Facebook.
Excessive social media use is associated with depressive symptoms in university students, being more prominent in those who prefer the use of Twitter over Facebook and Instagram.
本研究旨在确定社交媒体依赖与抑郁症状之间的关联，并描述依赖程度。这是一项横断面、分析性研究。
采用分层抽样方法，从使用 Facebook、Instagram 和/或 Twitter 的一所私立大学中抽取 212 名学生作为研究对象。采用贝克抑郁量表评估抑郁症状，采用社交媒体成瘾测试评估对社交媒体的依赖程度，该测试改编自 Echeburúa 的互联网成瘾测试。使用 STATA12 进行描述性统计分析。
结果表明，社交媒体依赖与抑郁症状之间存在关联（患病率比 [PR] = 2.87，置信区间 [CI] 为 2.03-4.07）。此外，与使用 Facebook 相比，更喜欢使用 Twitter（PR = 1.84，CI 为 1.21-2.82）和 Instagram（PR = 1.61，CI 为 1.13-2.28）与抑郁症状相关。
大学生过度使用社交媒体与抑郁症状相关，与偏好使用 Twitter 而非 Facebook 和 Instagram 相关的抑郁症状更为明显。
