A review on the relationship between social media usage, social media depressive symptoms among university students
University students were found to have high depressive symptoms, and one of the contributing factors may be social media usage. Multiple studies have found mixed results regarding the relationship between social media usage and depressive symptoms. Some studies found a significant negative relations...
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| author | Mohamed Izam, Nur Amni Aqilah Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum Nawawi, Junita |
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| description | University students were found to have high depressive symptoms, and one of the contributing factors may be social media usage. Multiple studies have found mixed results regarding the relationship between social media usage and depressive symptoms. Some studies found a significant negative relationship between social media usage and depressive symptoms, while several others found an indirect significant relationship or no relationship
between these two variables. The difference may be due to other factors such as individuals sharing their positive and negative experiences on social media. Sharing positive experience was found to reduce negative affect (e.g. depression) while sharing negative experience was
found to increase negative affect. Therefore, this literature review aims to review these topics, specifically, (1) the relationship between social media usage and depressive
symptoms, (2) the relationship between social sharing and depressive symptoms, and (3) to integrate a possible explanation related to the relationship between social media usage, social sharing, and depressive symptoms. |
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| spelling | iium-801702020-04-28T02:23:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/80170/ A review on the relationship between social media usage, social media depressive symptoms among university students Mohamed Izam, Nur Amni Aqilah Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum Nawawi, Junita BF Psychology BF511 Affection. Feeling. Emotion H61.8 Communication of information HM1001 Social psychology HM1176 Social influence. Social pressure University students were found to have high depressive symptoms, and one of the contributing factors may be social media usage. Multiple studies have found mixed results regarding the relationship between social media usage and depressive symptoms. Some studies found a significant negative relationship between social media usage and depressive symptoms, while several others found an indirect significant relationship or no relationship between these two variables. The difference may be due to other factors such as individuals sharing their positive and negative experiences on social media. Sharing positive experience was found to reduce negative affect (e.g. depression) while sharing negative experience was found to increase negative affect. Therefore, this literature review aims to review these topics, specifically, (1) the relationship between social media usage and depressive symptoms, (2) the relationship between social sharing and depressive symptoms, and (3) to integrate a possible explanation related to the relationship between social media usage, social sharing, and depressive symptoms. Persatuan Psikologi Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/80170/1/3.%20Mohamed%20Izam%2C%20Abdul%20Khaiyom%20%26%20Nawawi%202019.pdf Mohamed Izam, Nur Amni Aqilah and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Nawawi, Junita (2019) A review on the relationship between social media usage, social media depressive symptoms among university students. Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, 33 (2). pp. 1-8. ISSN 2289-8174 http://spaj.ukm.my/ppppm/jpm/article/view/532/393 |
| spellingShingle | BF Psychology BF511 Affection. Feeling. Emotion H61.8 Communication of information HM1001 Social psychology HM1176 Social influence. Social pressure Mohamed Izam, Nur Amni Aqilah Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum Nawawi, Junita A review on the relationship between social media usage, social media depressive symptoms among university students |
| title | A review on the relationship between social media usage, social media depressive symptoms among university students |
| title_full | A review on the relationship between social media usage, social media depressive symptoms among university students |
| title_fullStr | A review on the relationship between social media usage, social media depressive symptoms among university students |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review on the relationship between social media usage, social media depressive symptoms among university students |
| title_short | A review on the relationship between social media usage, social media depressive symptoms among university students |
| title_sort | review on the relationship between social media usage, social media depressive symptoms among university students |
| topic | BF Psychology BF511 Affection. Feeling. Emotion H61.8 Communication of information HM1001 Social psychology HM1176 Social influence. Social pressure |
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