Social media may improve mental health in adults
Contrary to popular belief, using social media and the internet regularly could improve mental health among adults and help fend off serious psychological distress, such as depression and anxiety, a study has found.
According to researchers, communication technologies and social media platforms make it easier to maintain relationships and access health information.
Until now, adults have not been the focus of much research on the mental health impacts of social media use, said a researcher.
Most studies on social media have focused on youth and college students, and the effects could be explained by life stages, rather than technology use.
aking a snapshot of the anxiety felt by young people today and concluding that a whole generation is at risk because of social media ignores more noteworthy social changes, such as the lingering effects of the Great Recession, the rise in single-child families, older and more protective parents, more kids going to college and rising student debt, he said.
Researchers set out to study more mature populations, analysing data from more than 13,000 relationships from adult participants.
Using 2015 and 2016 data, the team found social media users are 63% less likely to experience serious psychological distress from one year to the next, including major depression or serious anxiety.
Having extended family members on social media further reduced psychological distress, so long as their family member's mental health was not in decline.
The study challenges the notion that social media, mobile technologies and the internet contribute to mental health crisis.
The researchers found that someone who uses a social networking site is 1.64 times more likely to avoid serious psychological distress.
The extent to which communication technologies affect psychological distress varies according to the type and amount of technologies people and their extended family members use.
Changes to the mental health of family members affect the psychological distress experienced by other families, but only if both family members are connected on social networking site.
Today, we've these ongoing, little bits of information popping up on our cell phones and Facebook feeds and that ongoing contact might matter for things like mental health, he said.
According to researchers, communication technologies and social media platforms make it easier to maintain relationships and access health information.
Until now, adults have not been the focus of much research on the mental health impacts of social media use, said a researcher.
Most studies on social media have focused on youth and college students, and the effects could be explained by life stages, rather than technology use.
aking a snapshot of the anxiety felt by young people today and concluding that a whole generation is at risk because of social media ignores more noteworthy social changes, such as the lingering effects of the Great Recession, the rise in single-child families, older and more protective parents, more kids going to college and rising student debt, he said.
Researchers set out to study more mature populations, analysing data from more than 13,000 relationships from adult participants.
Using 2015 and 2016 data, the team found social media users are 63% less likely to experience serious psychological distress from one year to the next, including major depression or serious anxiety.
Having extended family members on social media further reduced psychological distress, so long as their family member's mental health was not in decline.
The study challenges the notion that social media, mobile technologies and the internet contribute to mental health crisis.
The researchers found that someone who uses a social networking site is 1.64 times more likely to avoid serious psychological distress.
The extent to which communication technologies affect psychological distress varies according to the type and amount of technologies people and their extended family members use.
Changes to the mental health of family members affect the psychological distress experienced by other families, but only if both family members are connected on social networking site.
Today, we've these ongoing, little bits of information popping up on our cell phones and Facebook feeds and that ongoing contact might matter for things like mental health, he said.
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Contrary to popular
belief, using social media and the internet regularly could improve
mental health among adults and help fend off serious psychological
distress, such as depression and anxiety, a study has found.
Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/social-media-may-improve-mental-health-in-adults-743222.html
Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/social-media-may-improve-mental-health-in-adults-743222.html
Contrary to popular
belief, using social media and the internet regularly could improve
mental health among adults and help fend off serious psychological
distress, such as depression and anxiety, a study has found
Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/social-media-may-improve-mental-health-in-adults-743222.html
Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/social-media-may-improve-mental-health-in-adults-743222.html
Contrary to popular
belief, using social media and the internet regularly could improve
mental health among adults and help fend off serious psychological
distress, such as depression and anxiety, a study has found
Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/social-media-may-improve-mental-health-in-adults-743222.html
Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/social-media-may-improve-mental-health-in-adults-743222.html
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