社交媒体使用与自我报告的焦虑和/或抑郁之间的关联:来自113个国家的结果
Chhabi L Ranabhat1,2, Jason W Marion3, Mihajlo Jakovljevic4,5,6
1Planetary Health Research Centre (PHRC), Kathmandu, Nepal.
The International journal of social psychiatry
|November 28, 2025
概括
社交媒体的使用与24%更高的焦虑和抑郁的可能性有关. 这种关联甚至在考虑其他风险因素 (如年龄,性别和收入水平) 时也是如此.
科学领域:
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 数字健康数字健康
背景情况:
- 焦虑和抑郁是普遍存在的情绪障碍,经常同时发生.
- 各种人口和信仰因素影响心理健康结果.
- 了解社交媒体在心理健康中的作用至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查与自我报告的焦虑和/或抑郁相关的因素.
- 检查社交媒体使用频率与心理健康之间的关系.
- 为未来关于社交媒体对心理健康影响的因果关系研究提供信息.
主要方法:
- 来自威尔康姆全球监测2020年心理健康调查的个人层面数据的分析.
- 包括人口统计学变量 (年龄,性别,经济水平,教育,就业),信仰因素和社交媒体使用.
- 应用多变量逻辑回归来评估关联和调整的赔率比率.
主要成果:
- 在113个国家的119,088名受访者中,自我报告的焦虑/抑郁症的患病率为20.5%.
- 在收入较低的群体,不信任科学的人群,年轻人 (15-29岁),受教育程度较低的人群和女性中发现了更高的患病率.
- 社交媒体用户在调整混因素后,与非用户相比,报告焦虑/抑郁的几率增加了24% (aOR=1.24).
结论:
- 在全球范围内,焦虑和抑郁的患病率正在上升,并确定了特定的风险人群.
- 社交媒体的使用独立地与焦虑和/或抑郁症的患病率增加有关.
- 研究结果强调,需要进一步研究社交媒体与心理健康之间的因果关系.
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