Make a cohesive literature review. All of the references from the annotated bibliography must be included and the review must synthesize the papers together. You cannot simply re-summarize the papers, but instead similar trends and analyses must be linked together.
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Sample lit review paragraph. Notice how multiple sources are combined and it is not just a
summary of what each paper is saying in order.
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Annotated Bibliography
Wongkoblap, A., Vadillo, M. A., & Curcin, V. (2017). Researching mental health disorders in
the era of social media: systematic review. Journal of medical Internet research, 19(6),
e228. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.7215
The authors of this article outline that one of the leading causes of death worldwide,
along with cancer and diabetes, is mental health problems. This article illustrates why it’s
becoming more and more important for social media platforms to understand user behavior
patterns. Through social media interactions, individuals constantly express their feelings and
opinions, which has increased its utilization. Since social media sites offer a wealth of
information relating to mental health, this article investigates how this information has been
employed to label and predict an individual’s emotional well-being. A comprehensive literature
review was performed by searching social platforms with keywords closely linked to common
mental health illnesses to investigate the capacity for using social media as a resource for mental
health information. This study aimed to explore predictive analytics procedures’ limitations
currently applied in the mental health sector. With a total of 5,386 articles utilized in the study, a
textual analysis was employed for data collection. This study can be compared to other articles
on the same topic as it illustrates that common problems remain despite an increase in studies
looking at mental health problems related to social media. The study’s result indicates that
despite the many solutions suggested in the review, there remains a need to mitigate the
detrimental impacts of social networking sites utilization on mental wellness.
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Abi-Jaoude, E., Naylor, K. T., & Pignatiello, A. (2020). Smartphones, social media use, and
youth mental health. Cmaj, 192(6), E136-E141. https://doi.org/10.1503%2Fcmaj.190434
Abi-Jaoude et al.’s article look into the data connecting youth’s utilization of social
networking sites and smartphones to mental well-being problems and the prevalence of them
thinking about committing suicide. Because social media and smartphone consumers
significantly influence adolescents and kids, this study is vital, according to the authors. The
findings of controlled and randomized studies propose that social networking and smartphone
utilization may be to blame for the increasing frequency of mental wellness problems among
young persons, although most of the available data were experimental, making it challenging to
establish a correlation between the variables being examined. Additionally, to assist practicing
healthcare professionals work families and their children to mitigate any potential adverse effects
of social networking sites’ utilization on mental well-being, the authors of this study examine the
therapeutic implications of the current research. The methods utilized by the authors in this study
were reasonable because they allowed them to categorize the data collected into various
themes/topics. This allowed them to comprehend the influences of social networking sites on the
happiness and wellness of an individual. This study’s findings align with the findings of other
articles covering the same subject matter as it outlines that systemic interventions are necessary
to assist youth overcome the mental challenges brought about by social media and smartphone
utilization.
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Dhir, A., Yossatorn, Y., Kaur, P., & Chen, S. (2018). Online social media fatigue and
psychological wellbeing—A study of compulsive use, fear of missing out, fatigue,
anxiety and depression. International Journal of Information Management, 40, 141-152.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.01.012
The authors of this study scrutinize the link between social networking sites’ utilization
and psychological wellness. The study assessed the social media tiredness of individuals to
determine psychological well-being. Anxiety, despair, and FOMO ratings were employed to
measure fatigue associated with social media utilization. The authors outline that a significant
number of people are inclined to devote substantial time to their social networking accounts due
to an upsurge in the number of social networking platforms and applications. The authors note
before this study, there was limited information on the connection between social media
utilization and psychological wellness. As a result, this study generated several hypotheses to
determine that connection. To prove these hypotheses, these authors amassed data over the
course of five months by carrying out cross-sectional surveys of social media utilization among
adolescents. As a result, their techniques were reasonable. The utilization of social media,
according to the authors, is closely linked with mental health problems development among
various populations, particularly teenagers. According to the authors of this article, using social
media in excess can trigger social media fatigue and anxiety. As a result, social media utilization
should be moderated to mitigate these effects. This study matches with similar studies on the
same topic since it provides essential information on social networking sites’ utilization and their
detrimental impacts on mental health.
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Karim, F., Oyewande, A. A., Abdalla, L. F., Ehsanullah, R. C., & Khan, S. (2020). Social media
use and its connection to mental health: a systematic review. Cureus, 12(6).
https://doi.org/10.7759%2Fcureus.8627
In this study, Karim and his colleagues explore social network utilization’s effects on
mental wellness. According to these authors, social media utilization across various populations
has significantly increased in the past few years and has heightened mental health problems. To
obtain the necessary information on the study topic, the authors of this article reviewed 16
publications and classified the results from the analysis into two mental health categories,
including anxiety and depression. In this article, the authors outlined that although the methods
utilized to amass data were appropriate, they experienced various challenges, including
methodological and cross-sectional design sampling limitations. Also, the authors outline that the
study’s results were not entirely consistent with other studies addressing the same topic.
However, they found out that social networking sites’ utilization is closely linked to mental
wellness issues. One of the study’s findings was that excessive social media usage can lead to
various adverse psychological health issues among its users. The authors concluded that social
media utilization if not controlled can affect an individual’s levels of emotional well-being,
particularly by contributing to the emergence of depression. This article is relevant to the project
because the information it provides can be used to comprehend the link between social
networking sites’ utilization and the development of mental wellness issues, such as
hopelessness.
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Yazdavar, A. H., Mahdavinejad, M. S., Bajaj, G., Romine, W., Sheth, A., Monadjemi, A. H., …
& Hitzler, P. (2020). Multimodal mental health analysis in social media. Plos one, 15(4),
e0226248. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226248
The authors of this article outline that in the current era of digitalization, a significant
number of persons are using social media to obtain information as well as share their opinions by
communicating their emotions, daily struggles, and thoughts regarding mental health issues
attributed to social media. For this reason, the authors of this article carried out this study to
explore mental health problems, including depressive symptoms associated with social media
utilization, particularly, the use of Twitter. As a result, they exploited and evaluated multimodal
social data to differentiate depressive habits by employing multiple features, such as a person’s
demographics. Also, to examine the depressive behaviors associated with the utilization of social
media, these authors created a multimodal model and applied various statistical techniques to
detect depressed persons on Twitter. The statistical analyses utilized in this study included visual
content analysis, demographics inference, and demographic prediction. All these techniques are
reasonable as they allowed the authors to amass the necessary data to prove their hypothesis. The
authors of this article found out that depressed social media users have a habit to create a close
interactive web of trusted individuals to disseminate their mental wellness concerns. The results
of this article cannot be compared with that of other papers because the authors employ a multimodal model to evaluate mental health in social media utilization and for this reason, it is
relevant to the project.
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Zhang, T., Yang, K., Ji, S., & Ananiadou, S. (2023). Emotion fusion for mental illness detection
from social media: A survey. Information Fusion, 92, 231-246.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2022.11.031
The authors of this article begin by outlining that the prevalence of mental illnesses over
the past few years has greatly increased, negatively affecting the health of society as well as that
of people. These authors also demonstrate that with increased interest in early mental illness
detection, social media platforms can be utilized to advance this detection through the analysis of
social media posts. For this reason, the authors of this article provide the readers with a wideranging review of various tactics for the detection of mental illness in the utilization of social
networking sites that integrate emotion fusion. To provide the reader with a complete overview
of the study’s topic, they reviewed various fusion strategies, including their advantages and
disadvantages. In this study, internal validity is threatened because the authors do not provide the
datasets’ quality since most of the techniques identified in their review are founded on learning
and supervised frameworks. In their review, the authors found out that social media utilization
has the potential to lead to adverse effects on an individual’s well-being. They outline these
adverse effects can be mitigated through emotion fusion or employing fusion strategies on social
media posts to identify individuals with mental health issues. This study is relevant to my project
because it provides an alternative means to recognize mental health issues attributed to social
medial utilization.
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Schønning, V., Hjetland, G. J., Aarø, L. E., & Skogen, J. C. (2020). Social media use and mental
health and well-being among adolescents–a scoping review. Frontiers in psychology, 11,
1949. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01949
An evaluation of social networking platforms’ utilization and their correlation with
teenage well-being and mental health is presented in this article by Schønning et al. (2020). The
majority of social networking platforms’ users, according to this article, are teenagers and young
adults. To find relevant research, the authors used a variety of search phrases linked to social
media utilization, well-being, and mental health. The authors carried out a qualitative review to
evaluate how social mental wellness and social media utilization are connected. The results of
the study carried out by the authors of this article show that teens’ usage of social networking
sites can have certain undesirable effects on their mental health. According to the article’s
authors, most of the publications they reviewed supported the relationship between increased
social network usage and deteriorating wellness or happiness level. The writers of this article
also note that the existing literature on young person’s mental wellness and social networking
sites usage is still being developed and contains a number of flaws and inadequacies. The
article’s conclusion outlines the need for research that incorporates other social media elements
and potential intermediary variables. The results of this article support similar papers on the topic
by outlining that increased social media utilization adversely impacts an individual’s happiness
levels.
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Deepa, M., & Priya, K. (2020). Impact of social media on mental health of
students. International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, 9(03).
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340779328_IMPACT_OF_SOCIAL_MEDIA_
ON_MENTAL_HEALTH_OF_STUDENTS
This article by Deepa and Priya examines the social interaction patterns, health
consequences, and usage patterns of social networking sites among students. This is due to the
paucity of research on social media’s benefits for mental health. The authors of this article
carried out this research to ascertain how social networking sites affect students’ mental health
wellness, including depression and anxiety. To amass the necessary information, the authors
employed descriptive research techniques. This method was appropriate for the study because it
allowed the researchers to obtain both secondary and primary data using questionnaires,
magazines, websites, and journals. The findings of Priya’s study show a strong connection
between social networks being utilized by adolescents and the time spent on these sites. Also, the
results show a stronger link between anxiety and significant activity on social networking
platforms than in actual life. According to the findings of this study, students’ mental health,
including symptoms of sadness and anxiety, is being negatively impacted by increased social
media utilization, social networking platforms they use, and disproportionate time devoted to
these platforms. The results support the findings of other papers covering the same topic as they
indicate that excessive social media utilization can lead to detrimental mental health effects.
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Stsiampkouskaya, K., Joinson, A., & Piwek, L. (2023). To Like or Not to Like? An Experimental
Study on Relational Closeness, Social Grooming, Reciprocity, and Emotions in Social
Media Liking. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 28(2), zmac036.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmac036
This study scrutinizes the connection between social networking sites’ liking and
emotions among consumers of these platforms. As a result, this study evaluates the part emotions
play in reciprocating social networking sites’ likes and their influence on a person’s happiness
and satisfaction levels. To obtain the necessary information, the authors of this study carried out
a controlled and randomized experiment that involved 201 subjects. The study found out that
social media consumers have a tendency to deliver ‘likes for likes’ and that they become
enthusiastic and happy after getting a ‘like’, regardless of the person who likes the content. Also,
the authors of this study discovered that after an individual receives a ‘like’, their emotional
aptitude stimulates them to do the same and appreciate the content of the user who appreciated
their content in the future. To obtain these results, the authors investigated various measures. In
comparison to other papers addressing the same topic, this article provides insight into the
influence of social media liking in advancing a person’s emotional response and increasing their
level of happiness. This article is relevant to my project because it demonstrates that social media
liking has the potential to influence the happiness level or emotional wellness of an individual.
Individuals who receive more social networking ‘likes’ tend to be happy than those who don’t.
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Draženović, M., Vukušić Rukavina, T., & Machala Poplašen, L. (2023). Impact of social media
use on mental health within adolescent and student populations during the COVID-19
Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(4),
3392. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fijerph20043392
The authors of this article outline that the COVID-19 pandemic greatly changed how
people conduct their daily operations. One of the changes was the increased utilization of social
media and increased screen time. They outline that these changes could have significantly
influenced the mental wellness of students and teenagers. For this reason, they carried out this
study to evaluate the social networking sites utilization on the psychological wellness of students
and youths through the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. To obtain the necessary
data, they employed qualitative research techniques to review 13 articles that were obtained from
the Web of Science Core Collection and PubMed catalogs. Since the study involved reviewing
numerous publications to yield the ones that aligned with the study’s topic, the selected methods
for review were reasonable and appropriate. From this study, the authors found out that most of
the reviewed articles outlined that social media usage had adverse effects on students and
adolescents, including stress and depression. Also, the authors discovered that two of the
reviewed articles outlined that social media utilization had positive effects among students and
adolescents, including support in coping and providing interaction means for those isolated as a
result of social distancing guidelines. This study is vital for my project since it delivers a
different viewpoint on the potential of social networking sites’ utilization to achieve positive
results, improving a person’s wellness.
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Kim, H. H. S. (2017). The impact of online social networking on adolescent psychological wellbeing (WB): a population-level analysis of Korean school-aged children. International
Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 22(3), 364-376.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2016.1197135
This article by Kim (2017) explores the connection between the psychological health of
adolescents and Internet media usage. Kim outlines that several researches have been initiated by
scholars concentrating on the advantages and disadvantages of social media activities, but all
these studies raise more questions that provide the necessary answers on the outcomes of social
networking sites’ utilization among teenagers. Thus, he carried out this study to evaluate the
constructive and adverse influences of social networking sites usage among the target
population. To provide the necessary information, Kim amassed data from the panel survey of
Korean youth and employed linear models to assess the psychological effects linked with
spending a substantial amount of time on the Internet. In this study, various measures were
analyzed including suicidal thoughts and mental health among the study’s participants. The
author employed descriptive statistics to adequately summarize the obtained data. Kim found out
that spending substantial amounts of time on the Internet contributes to adverse mental health
outcomes. The author outlines that the study’s results should be considered by taking into
account some limitations, including the fact that the outcome measures solely relied on single
survey items among others. The results of Kim’s article align with other papers covering the
same topic since it provides information on the adverse effects of excessive social media
activities.
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Bashir, H., & Bhat, S. A. (2017). Effects of social media on mental health: A
review. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 4(3), 125-131.
http://dx.doi.org/10.25215/0403.134
Bashir and Bhat in this article outline that the increased utilization of the Internet and
social networking activities have made people become isolated from other fellow beings. They
outline this isolation has significantly contributed to physical and mental health issues. As a
result, they carried out this research to investigate social networking sites’ influences on mental
wellness. To obtain the necessary information, they employed qualitative research tactics to
review and summarize literature addressing the same topic. From the analyzed literature, Bashir
and Bhat found out that young adults greatly involve themselves in social networking activities
and as a result, they have a higher chance in comparison to other populations to develop mental
well-being issues from increased social networking sites’ utilization. The authors outline that
social networking sites’ utilization is closely linked with anxiety, stress, loneliness, and
depression as well as affects social relationships between individuals. Although the method
employed to collect data was effective, the author of this article does not demonstrate or provide
the techniques utilized to summarize and synthesize the data from the reviews. Moreover, even if
this article’s results match the results of other articles covering the same topic, I am not confident
in them. However, this article is relevant to my project because it provides essential information
on the connection between mental health issues and social networking activities.
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Escobar-Viera, C. G., Whitfield, D. L., Wessel, C. B., Shensa, A., Sidani, J. E., Brown, A. L., …
& Primack, B. A. (2018). For better or for worse? A systematic review of the evidence on
social media use and depression among lesbian, gay, and bisexual minorities. JMIR
mental health, 5(3), e10496. https://doi.org/10.2196/10496
This study critiques and summarizes the information accessible on social networking
sites utilization and the occurrence of mental well-being concerns among LGB groups.
According to this article’s authors, a significant number of adults across the U.S., have a
minimum of one social networking account. Considering these numbers, these authors outline
that LGB individuals have also established their presence over the Internet since they are more
socially active on social networking sites. To obtain the necessary information, these authors
carried out a literature search in various databases for qualitative and quantitative research that
primarily focused on depression, social media usage, and LGB groups. The literature research
produced 11 articles that were appropriate for the study. To evaluate the quality of the selected
publications, each article was appraised by a minimum of two reviewers. The authors of this
study discovered that social networking sites’ utilization was linked to cyberbullying and this
contributed to increased levels of suicidality and depression among social media consumers.
They also found out that social media utilization among the LGB populations is associated with
improved wellness since these sites provide them with a platform to get support and cope with
various struggles. This study is different from other studies covering the same topic since it
primarily focuses on LGB groups and their social media utilization.
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O’Reilly, M., Dogra, N., Hughes, J., Reilly, P., George, R., & Whiteman, N. (2019). Potential of
social media in promoting mental health in adolescents. Health promotion
international, 34(5), 981-991. https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fheapro%2Fday056
In this study, O’Reilly and her colleagues investigate the insights that social networking
sites can be applied to advance mental wellness promotion among adolescents of ages 11 to 18
years. According to these authors, the occurrence of mental wellness disorders among teenagers
poses a major problem not only for healthcare systems but also for education systems. For these
reasons, healthcare organizations and other agencies are looking for innovative means to reduce
the prevalence of mental health issues among this population. As a result, this study allows the
authors to gain insight into the efficacy of social media utilization to promote wellness among
adolescents. These authors obtained data through focus groups that involved adolescents, mental
healthcare professionals, and teachers. Thematic analysis technique was employed by the authors
to summarize the obtained data. Using this technique, they identified three themes related to
social media utilization among youths. The methods were reasonable and allowed the authors to
provide readers with reliable results. The study found that social networking sites’ utilization has
the capacity to advance the attainment of good mental outcomes among adolescents. They
concluded that social media utilization and social networking activities provide an effective way
to promote the wellness of individuals. This study is different from other articles as it outlines
that social networking sites can be applied for mental wellness promotion purposes.
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O’reilly, M., Dogra, N., Whiteman, N., Hughes, J., Eruyar, S., & Reilly, P. (2018). Is social
media bad for mental health and wellbeing? Exploring the perspectives of
adolescents. Clinical child psychology and psychiatry, 23(4), 601-613.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104518775154
According to the authors of this article, there is a knowledge gap on social networking
sites’ effects on teenagers’ mental health as a result of limited information on how adolescents
utilize social media to express their opinions. For this reason, the authors of this article carried
out this study to fill this knowledge gap. To obtain the necessary information, these authors
employed a qualitative design and recruited respondents from various schools and with various
demographic differences. The sample utilized was made up of 54 respondents from the age of 11
to 18 years. The authors utilized focus groups that were conducted over 3 months and all
participants were asked about their personal experiences, mental health understandings, social
medial utilization, and the extent of utilization, among other things. To synthesize the amassed
information, thematic analysis was applied which was appropriate for the study. The authors
found that social media utilization among the target population contributed to the prevalence of
anxiety and mood disorders. They also discovered that most of the participants experienced
cyberbullying while on social networking sites and this significantly reduced their happiness
levels and emotional wellness. This article’s results are almost similar to other articles addressing
the same research topic since it depicts that social networking has detrimental effects on
adolescents. This article is essential since it outlines cyberbullying as a main predictor for social
media utilization among teens.
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Keles, B., McCrae, N., & Grealish, A. (2020). A systematic review: the influence of social media
on depression, anxiety and psychological distress in adolescents. International Journal of
Adolescence and Youth, 25(1), 79-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2019.1590851
This paper investigates social networking activities’ influence on unhappiness,
psychological distress, and anxiety among adolescents. These authors outline that although social
networking platforms have become an essential component of our daily operations, their
increased usage is closely linked to the increasing rates of mental wellness issues among teens.
Therefore, to make a connection between the occurrence of mental well-being problems among
teenagers, these authors performed a literature search in various medical databases to obtain the
necessary data. From this search, these authors managed to get 13 appropriate studies that
matched their criteria. For data summary, the authors employed narrative analysis and classified
the findings into four classes, including activity, time spent, addiction, and investment. Although
the appropriate methods were employed, the authors outline the presence of methodological
limitations in terms of measures applied, sampling, and the study’s design. The authors found
that time devoted to social networking activities was closely linked with the occurrence of
unhappiness, psychological distress, and anxiety among adolescents. The confidentiality of this
article’s results is in question because the authors utilized a small sample, making it challenging
to generalize them to an extended adolescent population. This article’s results compare
significantly with other papers on the same topic since it outlines the negative influences of
social media utilization among teens.
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Scott, H., & Woods, H. C. (2019). Understanding links between social media use, sleep and
mental health: recent progress and current challenges. Current sleep medicine reports, 5,
141-149. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-019-00148-9
This paper by Scott and Woods evaluates the connections between social networking
sites usage, mental wellness, and sleep. Also, they pinpoint the latest advancements in the study
topic as well as provide information on current challenges and recommendations to address
them. The authors of this article outline those concerns about social networking platforms’
utilization influence on mental well-being is not a new phenomenon. They also state that social
media activities will continue to evolve and it is upon social media consumers to comprehend the
impacts of the activities not only on mental health but also on sleep. To obtain the necessary
information, these authors performed literature searches on the connection between sleep, mental
well-being, and social networking platforms’ utilization. From the search, they discovered that
social media utilization in conjunction with other social networking activities such as smartphone
usage and video gaming was linked to poorer sleep outcomes. By considering mental health and
social media utilization, they found mixed results. According to the authors, most of the
reviewed literature indicated that spending substantial time on social media has no big impact on
the wellness of an adolescent. In comparison to other papers addressing the same topic, this
article reinforces the idea that extent of social media utilization is not enough to make inferences
on the connection between social networking platforms utilization and mental well-being.
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Coyne, S. M., Rogers, A. A., Zurcher, J. D., Stockdale, L., & Booth, M. (2020). Does time spent
using social media impact mental health? An eight year longitudinal study. Computers in
Human Behavior, 104, 106160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.106160
The writers of this article outline that many scholars have determined that the extent of
social networking platforms’ utilization is closely linked with the emergence of mental wellness
problems like anxiety and unhappiness. However, they outline that this information is based on
cross-sectional studies and does not involve analytic procedures that measure the individual
change in a certain period. For this reason, they carried out a longitudinal study that investigates
the link between the amount of time an individual spends performing social networking activities
and the emergence of mental health problems. Given this is a longitudinal study, the authors
recruited 500 adolescents that took part in completing annual questionnaires. The authors applied
descriptive statistics to synthesize the collected data. The methods employed by these authors
were appropriate given that the study was conducted over an extended period. From this study,
the authors found out that the amount of time an individual devotes to social networking
platforms was not connected to the emergence of mental well-being issues at the individual level.
In comparison to other papers addressing the same topic, this article does not compare to them.
This is because it involves a longitudinal study carried out in an 8-year period. This article is
relevant to my project since it delivers a different outlook on the connection between mental
wellness and social networking platforms’ usage at an individual level.
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Berryman, C., Ferguson, C. J., & Negy, C. (2018). Social media use and mental health among
young adults. Psychiatric quarterly, 89, 307-314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-0179535-6
This paper by Berryman and her colleagues focuses on social medial utilization and the
development of mental wellness concerns among young persons. According to these authors,
increased utilization of social networking platforms is connected to adverse mental well-being
results, like loneliness, suicidality, and low levels of empathy by some scholars. They also
outline that other scholars associate social media usage with benefits among some individuals.
As a result of these mixed findings, the authors of this article carried out a correlational study to
address the knowledge gap on the connection between the emergence of mental well-being
issues and the utilization of social networking sites. To obtain the necessary information on time
spent over the Internet, the tendency to seek attention on social platforms, and the importance of
these social networking sites among young adults, the authors recruited 467 participants. The
collected data was synthesized through regression analyses which were appropriate for the
measures examined in the study. The authors found out that perceptions and concerns about the
utilization of social media in the target population may be wrong since they discovered that
social networking platforms’ usage is ineffective to gauge mental well-being issues development
among individuals. This study does not compare to others covering the same topic since it
depicts that social networking platforms’ utilization is a bad indicator of the occurrence of
mental wellness issues.
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Fardouly, J., Magson, N. R., Rapee, R. M., Johnco, C. J., & Oar, E. L. (2020). The use of social
media by Australian preadolescents and its links with mental health. Journal of Clinical
Psychology, 76(7), 1304-1326. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22936
In this study, the authors investigate social networking platforms’ utilization among
preteens in Australia and their connection to mental wellness. According to these authors,
increased usage of social networking sites and engaging in social networking have the potential
to lead to mental health concerns among preadolescents. For this reason, they carried out this
study to gain insight into the social media utilization effects on preadolescent non-users and
users as well as to gauge the role of sex on the associations. To obtain the necessary information,
the authors involved 528 participants aged between 10 and 12 years, of which 269 were males
and the rest were females. For data summary, descriptive statistics were applied to examine
various associations between the elements being examined. The study’s results revealed that
social media consumers and non-users had no major differences in the prevalence of anxiety or
depressive signs. However, they found out that social media consumers have increased body
appearance concerns and these concerns manifested into depressive symptoms. This article
differs from other papers covering the same topic because it makes connections between physical
appearance, the usage of social networking platforms, and the development of mental well-being
issues. This article is vital for my project as it links body image concerns on social media with
the emergence of negative emotions, which also influence the emotional wellness of an
individual.
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References
Abi-Jaoude, E., Naylor, K. T., & Pignatiello, A. (2020). Smartphones, social media use and
youth mental health. Cmaj, 192(6), E136-E141. https://doi.org/10.1503%2Fcmaj.190434
Bashir, H., & Bhat, S. A. (2017). Effects of social media on mental health: A
review. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 4(3), 125-131.
http://dx.doi.org/10.25215/0403.134
Berryman, C., Ferguson, C. J., & Negy, C. (2018). Social media use and mental health among
young adults. Psychiatric quarterly, 89, 307-314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-0179535-6
Coyne, S. M., Rogers, A. A., Zurcher, J. D., Stockdale, L., & Booth, M. (2020). Does time spent
using social media impact mental health? An eight year longitudinal study. Computers in
Human Behavior, 104, 106160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.106160
Deepa, M., & Priya, K. (2020). Impact of social media on mental health of
students. International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, 9(03).
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340779328_IMPACT_OF_SOCIAL_MEDIA_
ON_MENTAL_HEALTH_OF_STUDENTS
Dhir, A., Yossatorn, Y., Kaur, P., & Chen, S. (2018). Online social media fatigue and
psychological wellbeing—A study of compulsive use, fear of missing out, fatigue,
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