Association between social media use and depression

Journal: Depression and Anxiety

You’re probably thinking nope, not me. At least that was my initial response.

But when I think about it, the times that I really don’t want to be studying, or a student at all for that matter, are the times when I see a picture of someone surfing/snowboarding/not studying and think about how much better that looks than my current situation.

After analyzing 1,787 adults ages 19 to 32, researchers concluded that yep, those who spent more time (over 2 hours a day) and visited social media sites more frequently (58+ times/week) had significantly increased feelings of isolation.

NPR wrote about it and, ironically, 661 people retweeted it.

Takeaway: Be honest with yourself—does social media cause more harm for you than good? If so, there’s always social-izing, which is a really good thing.