Prasad Sakshi, Ait Souabni Sara, Anugwom Gibson, Aneni Kammarauche, Anand Ayush, Urhi Alexsandra, Obi-Azuike Crystal, Gibson Taneil, Khan Asma, Oladunjoye Funso
Faculty of Medicine, National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine.
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Marrakesh, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco.
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2023 Jul 7;85(8):3974-3981. doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000001066. eCollection 2023 Aug.
Social media use has become widely popularized in modern society and because of that, human interactions have drastically changed. In parallel, depression and anxiety have reached unprecedented levels among the youth, and concerns have emerged on social media use compromising mental health. The objectives of our review are to explore if there is a relation between social media and the development of those two disorders among youth, to highlight the patterns that could lead to them, and to give recommendations for future research.
Based on the Scale for the Assessment of Narrative Review Articles (SANRA) Criteria, the authors performed a search of all-time articles published in the Medline database using terms such as social media, social media use, problematic social media use, depression, anxiety, suicidality, self-harm, fear of missing out, cyberchondria, cyberbullying, sexting, and online shopping. The initial search yielded 184 924 articles. After review, 77 articles were included for discussion.
Social media use is often associated with depression and anxiety. Different patterns are thought to predict poorer mental health outcomes like multitasking, emotional investment, appearance-based activities, passive media use, problematic social media use, cyberbullying, sexting, and disaster awareness.
Specific patterns of engagement with social media appear to be associated with poor mental health outcomes in youth. It is important for physicians to address social networks exposure in well-visits and for parents to communicate about it openly. However, more in-depth research needs to be done to determine a relation of causality.
社交媒体的使用在现代社会已广泛普及，正因如此，人际互动发生了巨大变化。与此同时，青少年中的抑郁和焦虑程度达到了前所未有的水平，人们开始担忧社交媒体的使用会损害心理健康。我们综述的目的是探讨社交媒体与青少年这两种疾病的发展之间是否存在关联，突出可能导致这些疾病的模式，并为未来研究提供建议。
根据叙事综述文章评估量表（SANRA）标准，作者使用社交媒体、社交媒体使用、问题性社交媒体使用、抑郁、焦虑、自杀倾向、自我伤害、错失恐惧症、网络疑病症、网络欺凌、发送色情短信和网上购物等术语，对Medline数据库中发表的所有文章进行了检索。初步检索得到184924篇文章。经过筛选，77篇文章被纳入讨论。
社交媒体的使用往往与抑郁和焦虑有关。不同的模式被认为预示着更差的心理健康结果，如多任务处理、情感投入、基于外表的活动、被动使用媒体、问题性社交媒体使用、网络欺凌、发送色情短信和灾难意识。
与社交媒体互动的特定模式似乎与青少年不良的心理健康结果有关。医生在健康检查中关注社交网络接触情况以及家长公开交流此事都很重要。然而，需要进行更深入的研究来确定因果关系。
