“Time and motivation are finite resources… time and motivation spent on social networking sites such as Facebook usually comes at the expense of other activities,” stated Wendy Cousins, a researcher at the University of Ulster in the UK.

The author wraps the chapter with a summative conclusion. The author ends the chapter by mapping a future research direction of cross-cultural empirical investigation. In the conclusive section of the chapter, the author focuses on the expansion and extension of instructional and non-instructional physical activities, exergames, and active video games strategies to control the quality and influence of Facebook content by presenting research that advocates use of such activities and games within the Facebook interface. The author argues that the challenge is to control the quality and influence of Facebook on teen behaviors, actions, and decisions to minimize the growing influence of social networking sites. The author discusses contemporary theories of brain circuitry including teen brain structure and function as one of the plausible reasons for rising teenage pregnancy rates. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 2(3), 275–282.AbstractThis chapter is a meta-analysis of teen brain research and social media technology such as Facebook that could result in spiraling rates of teenage pregnancy. Fear of missing out: Relationships with depression, mindfulness, and physical symptoms. Cyberpsychology, Behaviour, and Social Networking, 19(11), 638–648.īaker, Z. The relationship between online social networking and depression: A systematic review of quantitative studies. The interactive effects of social support, envy, and supportive interactions on the relationship between Facebook use and depression among emerging adults (Doctoral Dissertation). Development of a Facebook Addiction Scale. Addictive Behaviours, 64, 287–293.Īndreassen, C.S., Brunborg, G. The relationship between addictive use of social media, narcissism, and self-esteem: Findings from a large national survey. These results suggest that future research examining causal models of the relation of SNS use and depression, as well as research on intervention and prevention, should focus in more detail on individuals who are engaging in a pattern of problematic SNS use.ĭepression symptoms Problematic social media use Social networking sites.Īndreassen, C. However, the association of depression symptoms to problematic SNS use was moderate (r = 0.29), was significantly higher than for time spent using SNS (Q between = 35.85, p < 0.001) or intensity of SNS use (Q between = 13.95, p < 0.001), and was not significantly moderated by age, gender, year of study publication, or mode of recruitment. Depression symptoms were significantly, but weakly, associated with time spent using SNS (r = 0.11) and intensity of SNS use (r = 0.09). Sixty-two studies (N = 451, 229) met inclusion criteria. The current meta-analysis is the first to consider the multi-dimensional nature of SNS use, and examines separately the quantitative associations of depression symptoms to SNS use in three types of SNS studies examining three distinct constructs of SNS use: time spent using SNS, intensity of SNS use, and problematic SNS use. However, these analyses focused primarily on the time spent using SNS. Two previous meta-analyses failed to find evidence for a robust concurrent association between SNS use and depression symptoms. Recently, however, SNS have come under media scrutiny for their potential association with depression.

Social Networking Sites (SNS) have close to 3 billion users worldwide.

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