“Facebook Depression?” Social Networking Site Use and Depression in Older Adolescents

Social networking sites addiction and associated psychological problems among young adults: a study from North India

“…A previous study has described a significant association between time spent on SNS and depressionin high school students, which is similar to the findings in this study (9). However, Jelenchick et al did not find evidence supporting a relationship between SNS use and clinical depression in older adolescent's (10). Further, in this study we found a significant correlation between YIAS scores and levels of stress and anxiety.…”

Social Comparison as the Thief of Joy: Emotional Consequences of Viewing Strangers’ Instagram Posts

“…In addition, the results of the current study show that individuals differ in the degree to which these two processes and their opposing effects on positive emotions are triggered. These individual differences and contrasting effects can help explain the mixed research findings regarding the emotional consequences of social media use (Datu et al, 2012;Jelenchick et al, 2013;Pantic et al, 2012;Thorsteinsson & Davey, 2014;Tsitsika et al, 2014).…”

Adolescents’ Compulsive Internet Use and Depression: A Longitudinal Study

“…Some studies have reported an association between Internet use and depression (e.g., Christakis, Moreno, Jelenchick, Myaing, & Zhou, 2011;Durkee, Kaess, Floderus, Carli, & Wasserman, 2011;Liu, Desai, Krishnan-Sarin, Cavallo, & Potenza, 2011). However, other studies have reported that aspects of Internet use such as Facebook use (i.e., social Internet use) is not linked to depression (Jelenchick, Eickhoff, & Moreno, 2013) despite warnings about so called "Facebook depression" (e.g., O'Keeffe & Clarke-Pearson, 2011).…”