问题性的社交媒体使用和青少年心理症状
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 1000, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA. rmojtabai@tulane.edu.
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
|April 7, 2024
概括
青少年的心理症状有所增加,问题性的社交媒体使用被确定为一个重要的贡献因素. 这一趋势凸显了数字习惯对青少年心理健康的影响.
科学领域:
- 儿童和青少年心理学 儿童和青少年心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数字媒体研究 数字媒体研究
背景情况:
- 儿童和青少年的心理健康是一个日益严重的公共卫生问题.
- 社交媒体的兴起与年轻人中心理痛苦的增加相吻合.
研究的目的:
- 调查儿童和青少年心理症状的时间趋势.
- 检查频繁和有问题的社交媒体使用与这些症状之间的联系.
主要方法:
- 来自"学龄儿童健康行为调查" (HBSC) 的纵向数据分析 (2001-2018,N=1,036,869).
- 使用等级多项逻辑回归和线性非高斯循环模型 (LiNGAM) 来评估关联和因果方向.
主要成果:
- 观察到严重心理症状的显著增加,在2001-2002年和2017-2018年期间从6.7%上升到10.4%.
- 这种增长在年龄较大的青春期女孩中尤为明显 (10.9%至19.1%).
- 问题性的社交媒体使用被发现可以调解心理症状的增加,LiNGAM建议社交媒体使用与症状的因果关系.
结论:
- 频繁和有问题的社交媒体使用是导致青少年心理症状流行率上升的重要因素.
- 针对社交媒体习惯的干预措施可能对改善年轻人的心理健康至关重要.
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