Personality traits and mental health of social networking service users: A cross-sectional exploratory study among Japanese undergraduates

Umegaki, Yusuke; Higuchi, Ayaka

doi:10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100177

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“…Few studies have investigated the links between social media use, personality disorders, and traits [ 42 , 43 ]. For example, having more Facebook friends has been associated with mania, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorder symptoms, and fewer symptoms of dysthymia and schizoid personality disorder [ 43 ].…”

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“…For example, having more Facebook friends has been associated with mania, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorder symptoms, and fewer symptoms of dysthymia and schizoid personality disorder [ 43 ]. Facebook users, compared to non-users, reportedly had higher self-esteem and narcissism levels [ 42 ]. These findings possibly underscore the crucial impacts of personality disorders and their traits on suicidal behaviours via social media.…”

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Facebook and Suicidal Behaviour: User Experiences of Suicide Notes, Live-Streaming, Grieving and Preventive Strategies—A Scoping Review

Shoib

Chandradasa

Nahidi

et al. 2022

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Background: Facebook represents a new dimension for global information sharing. Suicidal behaviours and attempts are increasingly reported on Facebook. This scoping review explores the various aspects of suicidal behaviours associated with Facebook, discussing the challenges and preventive measures. Methods: PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus were searched for related articles published in English up to October 2021, using different combinations of “Facebook” and “suicide”. A group of experts comprising consultant psychiatrists screened the records and read the full-text articles to extract relevant data. Twenty-eight articles were chosen as relevant and included in the review under four selected themes. Results: Facebook impacts on suicidal behaviours in different aspects. Announcing suicides through sharing notes or personal information may lead to the prediction of suicide but be harmful to the online audience. Live-streaming videos of suicide is another aspect that questions Facebook’s ability to monitor shared contents that can negatively affect the audience. A positive impact is helping bereaved families to share feelings and seek support online, commemorating the lost person by sharing their photos. Moreover, it can provide real-world details of everyday user behaviours, which help predict suicide risk, primarily through novel machine-learning techniques, and provide early warning and valuable help to prevent it. It can also provide a timeline of the user’s activities and state of mind before suicide. Conclusions: Social media can detect suicidal tendencies, support those seeking help, comfort family and friends with their grief, and provide insights via timelining the users’ activities leading to their suicide. One of the limitations was the lack of quantitative studies evaluating preventative efforts on Facebook. The creators’ commitment and the users’ social responsibility will be required to create a mentally healthy Facebook environment.

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Facebook and Suicidal Behaviour: User Experiences of Suicide Notes, Live-Streaming, Grieving and Preventive Strategies—A Scoping Review

Shoib

Chandradasa

Nahidi

et al. 2022

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“…Few studies have investigated the links between social media use, personality disorders, and traits [39,40]. For example, more Facebook friends has been associated with mania, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorder symptoms, while fewer friends are linked to dysthymia and schizoid personality disorder.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Facebook and Suicidal Behaviour: User Experiences of Suicide Notes, Live-streaming, Grieving and Preventive Strategies. A Scoping Review.

Shoib¹,

Chandradasa²,

Nahidi³

et al. 2022

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Background: Facebook represents a new dimension for global information sharing. Suicidal behaviours and attempts are growingly reported on Facebook. This scoping review explores the various aspects of suicidal behaviours associated with Facebook, discussing the challenges and preventive measures. Methods: PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus were searched for related articles published in English up to October 2021, using different combinations of "Facebook" and "suicide". A group of consultant psychiatrists screened the records and read the full-text articles to extract relevant data. Results: Facebook impacts suicidal behaviours in different aspects. Announcing suicides through sharing notes or personal information, which can be helpful in prediction of suicide, and harmful since negatively affects audience. Live-streaming videos of suicide is another aspect, which questions the ability of Facebook to monitor shared contents that can negatively affect the audience. Helping bereaved families to share feelings and seek support online, commemorating the lost person by sharing their photos is another positive impact. Moreover, it can provide real-world details of everyday user behaviours, which are helpful to predict suicide risk, primarily through novel machine-learning techniques, and provide early warning and valuable help to prevent it. It can also provide a timeline of the user's activities and state of mind before suicide. Conclusions: Social media can detect suicidal tendencies, provide support for those seeking help, comfort family and friends with their grief, and provide insights via timelining the users' activities leading to their suicide. The lack of quantitative studies on evaluating preventative efforts on Facebook was one of the limitations. The creators' commitment and the users' social responsibility will be required to create a mentally healthy Facebook environment.

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“…To examine whether overall use of Instagram is associated with well-being, some research has compared levels of anxiety, depression and/or loneliness in people who use Instagram to people who do not use Instagram, with inconsistent results (Table 1). Some studies have found no significant effect on Instagram use on well-being (Brailovskaia & Margraf, 2018;Fardouly et al, 2020), whilst others have found a positive effect of Instagram use on well-being (Mackson et al, 2019;Pittman & Reich, 2016;Umegaki & Higuchi, 2022). However, none of these studies used a representative sample of the population and some did not account for demographic differences between Instagram users compared to non-users.…”

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No relationships between self-reported Instagram use or type of use and mental well-being: A study using a nationally representative online sample of UK adults

Roberts,

Malcolm,

McCarty

et al. 2024

Cyberpsychology

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Use of Instagram has grown rapidly in the last decade, but the effects of Instagram use on well-being are still unclear, with many studies based on younger samples with a female bias. The aim of this study was to examine the associations between Instagram use and levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness in a nationally representative sample of UK adults by age and gender. An online sample of 498 UK adults were recruited using Prolific (Age: M = 49, SD = 15, range 19–82 years old; 52% female, 47% male). Participants stated whether or not they used Instagram, reported their frequency of Broadcast, Interaction and Browsing Instagram use and completed the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. A genetic matching algorithm was used to match Instagram users (n = 372) and non-Instagram users (n = 100) on age, gender, education and nationality. There were no significant differences between users versus non-users of Instagram in levels of anxiety, depression or loneliness. There were also no significant associations between type of Instagram use (Broadcast, Interaction or Browsing) and levels of anxiety, depression or loneliness. The Bayes Factors for these models moderately to strongly supported the null model of no effect for Depression and Loneliness. This research adds to recent findings that suggests that the overall effect of SNSs on well-being may be small to non-existent. Future research should examine how exposure to different types of content on social media are related to well-being.

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Personality traits and mental health of social networking service users: A cross-sectional exploratory study among Japanese undergraduates

Cited by 8 publications

References 44 publications

Facebook and Suicidal Behaviour: User Experiences of Suicide Notes, Live-Streaming, Grieving and Preventive Strategies—A Scoping Review

Facebook and Suicidal Behaviour: User Experiences of Suicide Notes, Live-Streaming, Grieving and Preventive Strategies—A Scoping Review

Facebook and Suicidal Behaviour: User Experiences of Suicide Notes, Live-streaming, Grieving and Preventive Strategies. A Scoping Review.

No relationships between self-reported Instagram use or type of use and mental well-being: A study using a nationally representative online sample of UK adults

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