Pezzi Mattia, Corsano Paola, Santoro Gianluca, Gori Alessio, Gámez-Guadix Manuel, Musetti Alessandro
University of Parma - Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries, Parma, Italy.
University of Florence - Department of Health Sciences, Florence, Italy alessio.gori@ unifi.it.
Clin Neuropsychiatry. 2024 Aug;21(4):284-298. doi: 10.36131/cnfioritieditore20240405.
This study was conducted to summarize existing studies on the association between solitary experiences and problematic social media use (PSMU) among young adults.
A systematic review was performed according to the PRISMA guidelines, implemented in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed and PsycINFO. We selected studies if they presented original data, assessed solitary experiences and PSMU in young adults (i.e., 18-30 age range), were published in peer reviewed journals between 2004 and 2023, and were written in English.
After duplicate removal, 1,841 eligible studies were found. From these, 12 articles were selected, encompassing 4,009 participants. Most studies showed a positive association between general loneliness and PSMU. Some of these suggested that this relationship varies based on the facets of loneliness, other potential variables, and the type of social media. No mediating factors were found. Few studies assessed solitary experiences other than general loneliness, highlighting the need for a multidimensional perspective on solitary experience in investigating PSMU.
Implications and future research orientations are discussed.
本研究旨在总结关于年轻人孤独经历与问题性社交媒体使用（PSMU）之间关联的现有研究。
根据PRISMA指南进行系统综述，在Scopus、科学网、PubMed和PsycINFO中开展。若研究呈现原始数据、评估了年轻人（即年龄在18至30岁之间）的孤独经历和问题性社交媒体使用、于2004年至2023年期间发表在同行评审期刊上且为英文撰写，我们则将其纳入。
在去除重复项后，共找到1841项符合条件的研究。从中选取了12篇文章，涉及4009名参与者。大多数研究表明，一般孤独感与问题性社交媒体使用之间存在正相关。其中一些研究表明，这种关系会因孤独感的不同方面、其他潜在变量以及社交媒体类型而有所不同。未发现中介因素。除了一般孤独感外，很少有研究评估孤独经历，这凸显了在调查问题性社交媒体使用时需要从多维视角看待孤独经历。
讨论了研究的意义和未来研究方向。
