Top Research Papers on Social Media and Mental Health

This commentary discusses two longitudinal studies to elaborate these contracting findings on social media and mental health and collects an accurate measure of social media use and other methodological challenges particularly affect data in this area.

Abstract There is a wide body of research on the effects of social media use on mental health, particularly focusing on young people. However, very little is known about the mental health of social media influencers (SMIs), who also tend to be quite young. This is of growing significance as more of our daily lives is conducted online, and in the context of poor population mental health globally, which declined further as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We therefore set out to review the mental health of SMIs and, in the absence of literature on SMIs, drew on other similar but more tradition...

Research findings have consistently demonstrated a correlation between social media usage and heightened levels of anxiety, depression, as well as feelings of loneliness.

This chapter explores social media for mental health initiatives, with a focus on two case studies: Facebook's suicide prevention tools and the Bell Let's Talk campaign.

A precautionary public health response is needed

Mental health, commonly known as behavioral health, is the psychological, emotional, and social well-being of an individual. It mostly affects a person’s ideas, emotions, behaviors, and relationships with other people. The idea that social media use and mental health are inextricably related appears to be the most intricate and varied. The effect of social media on mental health is a complicated topic with many moving parts. According to a countrywide survey carried out in India, as of 2023, approximately 67.5% of adults in the country utilize at least one social networking site; this percenta...

The paper presents a review of foreign studies on social and psychopathological consequences of self-objectification. The chief provisions of self-objectification theory, which is briefly discussed in the paper, includes the subject’s disposition to regard one’s body from the point of view of an external spectator, when one’s value is defined solely by one’s physical attractiveness in the eyes of others (B. Fredrickson, T. Roberts). Social networks are considered the ever-growing source of objectification and self-objectification due to the high popularity of sexualized content and the wide sp...

Abstract: The rise of social media platforms has revolutionized the way adolescents interact and communicate. This paper aims to delve into the intricate relationship between social media usage and the mental health of adolescents. With the pervasive integration of social media in their lives, this study seeks to examine the potential implications on their mental well-being, specifically focusing on anxiety, depression, and self-esteem. The research methodology involves a comprehensive literature review of academic articles, studies, and surveys conducted on the subject matter. Analysis of var...

Mental health is a health issue that is gaining increasing global attention, especially in today's digital age. This research aims to understand the role of social communication in supporting public policies in the field of mental health. Excavate the impact of the use of social media on mental health that focuses on Generation Z, as a vulnerable group. The study describes the complexity of the relationship between social media and mental health and proposes a balanced approach to supporting public mental health in this digital age. The research methods used in this study are content analysis ...

The paper attempts to investigate the impact of social networks and digital media on mental health and psychological well-being by using integrative anthropological approach, interpretive research paradigm, and multidisciplinary analysis.

Can (and should) Instagram shield youth from cosmetic surgery procedure posts?

— Social media use during adolescence can adversely affect health and development. It could be safely assumed that social media is the most famous and preferred leisure activity among adolescents. Most teens report that social media gives positive contributions to their lives, but the modern research literature documented that social media use and a dolescents’ mental health are adversely connected. Social media is a double-edged sword, so it can affect their mental health in a constructive or destructive way. Hence the excess use of social media comes with some risks for adolescents. The pres...

Experts say review of children's social media use must include technical issues and access to education

Research indicates that excessive use of social media can be related to depression and anxiety. This study conducted a systematic review of social media and mental health, focusing on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Based on inclusion criteria from the systematic review, a meta-analysis was conducted to explore and summarize studies from the empirical literature on the relationship between social media and mental health. Using PRISMA guidelines on PubMed and Google Scholar, a literature search from January 2010 to June 2020 was conducted to identify studies addressing the relationship betwee...

A novel mental health language model, PsychBERT, which is pretrained on a large corpus of biomedical literature on mental health and social media data and which outperforms state-of-the-art methods and is interpretable.

Teenagers spend a significant amount of time on social media with no age restrictions. Spending too much time on social media cause teenager to encounter health issues such as anxiety, depression, and inclination toward suicide. This paper examined the reason behind teenagers’ anxiety and depression was because spending time on social media limited their time to engage in face-to-face interactions. This study planned to conduct a questionnaire survey to collect data, and the research found that social media had various negative effects on teenagers’ mental health.

The goal of this review is to help providers effectively evaluate social media use in adolescent patients and provide guidance on its use to help preserve or improve their emotional well-being.

How the increased opportunity to make social comparison may contribute to mental health difficulties may be investigated.

Since its inception, social media has brought about numerous benefits, including higher levels of social connectedness, potential positive interactions, and greater access to information. Nonetheless, the excessive use of social media can lead to negative health outcomes, such as social anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, reduced sleep quality, and higher perceived stress. It has been argued that boredom and loneliness may be mediating factors between social media misuse and negative mental health effects, above all among youth and adolescents. Likewise, exposure to graphic imagery or misinf...

Most adolescents and young adults use social media. There are both positive and negative aspects to social media. While many enjoy staying connected on social media, excessive use can fuel feelings of addiction, anxiety, depression, isolation, and feelings of missing out. A prospective cohort study may produce more data regarding the relationship between social media use and mental health. Evidence from a variety of cross-sectional, longitudinal, and empirical studies implicates smartphone and social media use in the increase in mental distress, self-injurious behavior, and suicidality among y...

Three different classifiers- Random Forest, Support Vector Machine and Logistic Regression are employed for analyzing the impact of data augmentation on two publicly available social media datasets and the experimental results show significant improvements in classifiers’ performance when trained on the augmented data.

The platforms are designed to be addictive and are associated with anxiety, depression and even physical ailments, and social media use can affect users’ physical health even more directly.

Social media has become an indispensable aspect of young people’s digital interactions, as they use it mostly for entertainment and communication purposes. Consequently, it has the potential to have both positive and negative effects on them. Deterioration in mental health is one of the side effects stemming from social media overuse. This study investigates the relationship between social media and the increase in mental health problems in Saudi Arabia. The population considered for analysis includes young people from Saudi Arabia, with a sample size of 385. A closed-ended survey questionnair...

Psychology![Figure][1] Adolescents using social media on their smartphones PHOTO: ISTOCK.COM/MONKEYBUSINESSIMAGES There has been public concern that increasing social media use among adolescents may cause reduced well-being. Orben et al. analyzed social media use among more than 12,000 teenagers in the United Kingdom over the course of 8 years to determine whether increased social media use predicted reduced life satisfaction over time. They found virtually no effect of social media use on life satisfaction either between individuals or in the same individual across time. These results sug...

Social media usage has exponentially risen over the past decade, with about 4.26 billion social media users in 2021, and it is projected to increase to almost 6 billion by 2027. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this trend, leading to a significant increase in social media usage. However, excessive social media use may lead to negative impacts on mental health, such as anxiety, depression, and social isolation. This research aims to investigate the impact of social media on the mental health of Thai teenagers, identify potential correlations between social media use and mental health outco...

On an average, Indians spend an estimated 31⁄2 h daily using traditional media and 1 h and 29 min daily using social media, with the bulk of that time (76%) accessing SNSs through smartphones.

Current knowledge regarding social media and mental health is reviewed and practical suggestions for school nurses to ameliorate the negative impact of social media on student well-being are provided.

One of the major lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic was the importance of caring for the mental health of populations [...].

The SMILE study highlights the scope for mental health service providers to tap into the social media consumer market and provide quality online support provision.

Social media has revolutionized communication, offering users unprecedented connectivity and access to information. While these platforms provide numerous benefits, they also pose risks to mental health. This paper explores the multifaceted impacts of social media on mental health, examining both positive and negative dimensions. The study investigates key factors such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and addiction, while also analyzing potential mitigative strategies. Evidence from empirical studies and theoretical insights underscores the need for a balanced approach to social media use.

This study employs a quantitative research approach to investigate the relationship between social media use and adolescent mental health. The evolution of social media has revolutionized communication, becoming an integral part of daily life. Numerous studies have shown that adolescents (ages 12-19) spend significant time on social media platforms, impacting mental health. (Kaur et al., 2022) in India. In the case of Nepal, adolescent students spend a good amount of time on social media. However, the impact of using social media by adolescent students is not systematically investigated. (Khar...

Social media has transformed the way individuals interact and communicate, significantly impacting mental health and well-being. This study explores the complex relationship between social media usage and mental health, considering both positive and negative effects. While social networking platforms facilitate connectivity, knowledge sharing, and emotional support, excessive usage has been linked to mental health concerns such as anxiety, depression, and self-esteem issues. The displaced behavior theory suggests that when individuals experience stress, they may engage in immediate but detrime...

Analysis of the ways of talking about mental health problems that are made accessible to a wider audience through the YouTube videos published by four Swedish female SMIs shows that much content related to mental health contains traces of, and contributes to discourses informed by, positive psychology.

Social media has become an integral part of modern life, offering instant access to communication, information, and entertainment. However, its rapid proliferation has raised concerns about its potential negative effects on mental health. This research paper explores the multifaceted impact of social media on mental well-being, analyzing both its positive and negative aspects. By examining relevant studies, psychological theories, and real-world examples, the paper aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of how social media influences mental health and the underlying mechanisms involved.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND TEENAGERS' MENTAL HEALTH. Social media are widely used daily especially amongst adolescents. The fast apparition and evolution of these platforms might be difficult to follow. Social Media can expose to risks that it is important to be aware of, in order to assess in clinical practice their impact on adolescents' health and to be able to provide useful guidance. After recalling what social media are and their characteristics, and giving the latest statistical data available, the problems encountered on them according to young people as well as their positive effects are expose...

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This chapter highlights how social media data may be harnessed to reason about human mental and psychological well-being and reflects on how this new line of research bears potential for informing the design of timely and tailored interventions.

Individuals with increased levels of social media usage were shown to have a positive correlation with depression symptoms, meaning as social media use increased, depression symptoms also increased.

New findings challenge the notion that there is a looming mental health crisis in the U.S. and that the crisis is being caused by technology.

If social media use can be linked to negative outcomes, researchers need to devote more attention to understanding factors associated with negative mental health outcomes and how to tone down these outcomes.

This research explores the reliable detection of depressive symptoms from tweets obtained, unobtrusively and develops a multimodal framework and employing statistical techniques to fuse heterogeneous sets of features obtained through the processing of visual, textual, and user interaction data.

Big data research of social media data may also support standard surveillance approaches and provide decision-makers with usable information about users' habits and activities.

Research is beginning to uncover how specific social media experiences may influence youth mental health, with social media now playing a central role in the lives of youth.

Purpose Today with the internet expansion, social media has also been identified as a factor in evolutions. Social media is the title used to refer to the set of sites and tools that have been born and developed in the space created by modern media such as communication networks, the internet and mobile phones. The effects of emerging phenomena, such as social media on human health, especially mental health, are important. As the effects of social media on users mental health is unclear, and the evidence in this field is contradictory, this study aims to determine the role of social media on ...

MentalHelp is presented, a large-scale semi-supervised mental disorder detection dataset containing 14 million instances and labeled in a semi-supervised way using an ensemble of three separate models - flan-T5, Disor-BERT, and Mental-BERT.

The mass media are an important source of information about mental health, yet television shows, news stories, social media posts and other media fare often perpetuate stereotypes and misunderstanding about mental illness. For 70 years, scholars in media studies, psychology, sociology, and other fields have investigated media representations of mental illness and how exposure to media content informs people's beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors related to mental health. Despite the attention, little progress has been made in changing these messages and mitigating negative outcomes. Enter Media ...

Using structural equation modeling, we examined if experiencing racialized aggressions on social media affects the mental health of students of Color (n = 692). We also examined the relationships between these experiences and ethnic identity, campus interactions, sense of belonging, campus climate, and mental health. Findings suggest that experiencing racialized aggressions on social media is positively related to an increase in mental health issues, while sense of belonging is negatively related to mental health issues.

This research work hypothesise that if there exists the inconsistency among F1 scores of different classes, there must be inconsistency among corresponding causal explanations as well, and fine tune the classifiers and find explanations for multi-class causal categorization of mental illness on social media with LIME and Integrated Gradient methods.

Web-based social networking is an online association site where individuals cooperate to construct, offer and change their thought and remarks with respect to any data. During the previous decade, online long range social networking communication has caused significant changes in the manner individuals convey and cooperate. A descriptive study was conducted among top 2 deemed universities in Chennai with a sample of 90 respondents. It included questions on demographical information, the pattern of social networking usage, social relationship and health effects. The results found that there is ...

The renewed role that social media has had and future possibilities for its usage in the fight against the current pandemic are reviewed.