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Real-life closeness of social media contacts and depressive symptoms among university students.
In: Journal of American College Health, Jg. 66 (2018-11-01), Heft 8, S. 747-753
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Objective: To examine the association between degree of real-life closeness of social media (SM) contacts and depressive symptoms. Participants: Students ages 18-30 (N = 1124) were recruited in August 2016. Methods: Participants completed an online survey assessing SM use and depression. We used multivariable logistic regression to assess associations between real-life closeness of SM contacts and depressive symptoms. Results: After controlling for covariates, each 10% increase in the proportion of SM friends with whom participants had no face-to-face relationship was associated with a 9% increase in odds of depressive symptoms (AOR = 1.09; 95% CI = 1.05-1.13). However, each 10% increase in the proportion of SM friends with whom participants had a close face-to-face relationship was associated with a 7% decrease in depressive symptoms (AOR = 0.93; 95% CI = 0.89-0.97). Conclusions: Having no in-person relationship with SM contacts is associated with increased depressive symptoms; however, having close in-person relationships with SM contacts is associated with decreased depressive symptoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Real-life closeness of social media contacts and depressive symptoms among university students.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Shensa, Ariel ; Sidani, Jaime E. ; Escobar-Viera, César G. ; Chu, Kar-Hai ; Bowman, Nicholas D. ; Knight, Jennifer M. ; Primack, Brian A. |
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Zeitschrift: | Journal of American College Health, Jg. 66 (2018-11-01), Heft 8, S. 747-753 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2018 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0744-8481 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1080/07448481.2018.1440575 |
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