Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.
Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2024 Oct;27(10):704-719. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2024.0001. Epub 2024 Aug 27.
Prior research has investigated the link between social media use (SMU) and negative well-being. However, the connection with positive well-being has not been extensively studied, leading to a situation where there are inconsistent and inconclusive findings. This study fills this gap by examining the correlation between excessive and problematic SMU and subjective as well as psychological well-being (PWB). We conducted a systematic search across databases such as PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, and gray literature sources such as Research Gate and ProQuest, yielding 51 relevant studies for meta-analysis, encompassing a sample size of 680,506 individuals. Employing the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, we assessed study quality, whereas statistical analysis was executed using R Studio. Excessive SMU showed no significant association with subjective ( = 0.003, 95% confidence interval []: -0.08, 0.09; = 0.94, = 95.8%, =16) and PWB ( = 0.16, : -0.15, 0.45; = 0.26, = 98%, = 7). Conversely, problematic SMU showed a negative correlation with subjective (, : -0.20, -0.09; = 0.00, = 93.3%, = 25) and PWB (, : -0.31, -0.06; = 0.01, = 95%, = 5), with two outliers removed. No publication bias was detected. Subgroup analysis highlighted effects of "sampling method" ( < 0.05), "study quality" ( < 0.05), "developmental status" ( < 0.05), "forms of social media" ( < 0.05), and "type of population" ( < 0.01) on the estimated pooled effect sizes. Although univariate meta-regression showed the effects of "% of Internet users" ( < 0.05) and "male%" ( < 0.05), and multivariate meta-regression showed the combined effect of moderators only on the relationship between problematic SMU and subjective well-being.
先前的研究已经探讨了社交媒体使用（SMU）与负面幸福感之间的联系。然而，与积极幸福感之间的联系尚未得到广泛研究，导致结果不一致且没有定论。本研究通过检查过度和有问题的 SMU 与主观和心理幸福感（PWB）之间的相关性来填补这一空白。我们在 PubMed、Scopus 和 Web of Science 等数据库以及 Research Gate 和 ProQuest 等灰色文献来源中进行了系统搜索，共获得了 51 项用于荟萃分析的相关研究，涵盖了 680,506 个人的样本量。我们使用纽卡斯尔-渥太华量表评估研究质量，而统计分析则在 R Studio 中进行。过度的 SMU 与主观幸福感（ = 0.003，95%置信区间 []：-0.08，0.09； = 0.94， = 95.8%， = 16）和 PWB（ = 0.16，：-0.15，0.45； = 0.26， = 98%， = 7）之间没有显著关联。相反，有问题的 SMU 与主观幸福感（，：-0.20，-0.09； = 0.00， = 93.3%， = 25）和 PWB（，：-0.31，-0.06； = 0.01， = 95%， = 5）呈负相关，排除了两个异常值。未检测到发表偏倚。亚组分析突出了“抽样方法”（ < 0.05）、“研究质量”（ < 0.05）、“发展状况”（ < 0.05）、“社交媒体形式”（ < 0.05）和“人口类型”（ < 0.01）对估计的合并效应大小的影响。尽管单变量元回归显示了“互联网用户的百分比”（ < 0.05）和“男性百分比”（ < 0.05）的影响，并且多变量元回归仅显示了调节变量的综合效应对有问题的 SMU 与主观幸福感之间关系的影响。
