Hussain Zaheer, Wegmann Elisa, Yang Haibo, Montag Christian
School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
General Psychology: Cognition and Center for Behavioral Addiction Research, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany.
Front Psychol. 2020 Feb 21;11:211. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00211. eCollection 2020.
An increasing number of studies have investigated Social Networks Use Disorder (SNUD) among Western samples. In this context, the investigation of SNUD in Asia and especially in China has been much neglected. This poses a gap in the literature; it has been estimated that more than one billion Chinese people are using Chinese social networking sites (SNSs). Of note, many of these Chinese SNSs are rather unknown to researchers in Western countries. The primary objective of the present systematic review was to identify and evaluate studies that investigated Chinese SNS use and associations between SNUD and depression and anxiety symptoms. A comprehensive search strategy identified relevant studies in PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, MEDLINE, ProQuest, Web of Science, PubMed, Google Scholar, and the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure database (CNKI). The search strategy identified 35 potential studies, 13 studies were identified after shortlisting and full-text reviews of the studies, and finally 10 studies were included in the full review. Associations between SNUD, depression, and anxiety were reported in 10 studies. In eight (of the 10) studies, symptom severity of SNUD was associated with depression. Four studies reported associations between SNUD and anxiety. Most studies had utilized cross-sectional survey designs. Most associations were found between SNUD and depression symptoms, but effect sizes were higher between SNUD and anxiety symptoms. The results have the potential to inform prevention and interventions on SNUD in Eastern cultures, although we explicitly state that our work focuses on China, the transfer of the present observations to other Asian countries (and their cultures) still needs to be established.
越来越多的研究对西方样本中的社交网络使用障碍（SNUD）进行了调查。在此背景下，对亚洲尤其是中国的SNUD调查却被大大忽视了。这造成了文献中的空白；据估计，超过10亿中国人在使用中国的社交网站（SNS）。值得注意的是，西方国家的研究人员对许多此类中国SNS并不了解。本系统综述的主要目的是识别和评估调查中国SNS使用情况以及SNUD与抑郁和焦虑症状之间关联的研究。一项全面的检索策略在PsycINFO、PsycARTICLES、心理学与行为科学合集、MEDLINE、ProQuest、科学网、PubMed、谷歌学术和中国知网数据库（CNKI）中识别出了相关研究。该检索策略识别出35项潜在研究，经过筛选和全文审查后确定了13项研究，最终10项研究被纳入全面审查。10项研究报告了SNUD、抑郁和焦虑之间的关联。在这10项研究中的8项中，SNUD的症状严重程度与抑郁有关。4项研究报告了SNUD与焦虑之间的关联。大多数研究采用了横断面调查设计。大多数关联存在于SNUD与抑郁症状之间，但SNUD与焦虑症状之间的效应量更高。尽管我们明确表示我们的工作重点是中国，但这些结果有可能为东方文化中SNUD的预防和干预提供参考，将目前的观察结果应用于其他亚洲国家（及其文化）仍有待确定。
