Social media use in adolescent girls with depression: The relationship between social media use purposes, lack of social support, and cyber victimization. Goksu, M., Rodopman Arman, A., Gundogdu, U., & Gumustas, F. Marmara Medical Journal, 37(1):29–36, 2024.
Social media use in adolescent girls with depression: The relationship between social media use purposes, lack of social support, and cyber victimization [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
Objective: Our study examined the relationship between purpose of social media use, perceived social support, and cyberbullying among adolescent girls with or without major depressive disorder (MDD). Patients and Methods: Fifty-two adolescent girls aged 13-18 years with a diagnosis of MDD were recruited. The control group consisted of 51 adolescents who were matched for age and gender. The adolescents completed a sociodemographic form, the Childhood Depression Inventory (CDI), the Social Media Attitude Scale (SMAS), the Cyberbullying Scale (CBS), and the Social Support Appraisal Scale for Children (SSAS). Results: Social media use was significantly higher among adolescent girls with MDD (P\textless0.001). They had significantly higher social isolation (P=0.006) and cyberbullying scores (P=0.013). They used more social media for social skills (P\textless0.001) and their perceptions of social support levels were lower than adolescents without MDD (P\textless0.001). Cyberbullying was inversely related to perceived social support (P=0.015) and positively related to social media use for social competence (P=0.004) (e.g., satisfying the need for esteem). Conclusion: This study suggests that increases in social competence problems and decreases in perceived social support were associated with being a victim of cyberbullying. In depressed adolescents, cyberbullying can be prevented by interventions aimed at promoting social competence and obtaining sufficient support.
@article{goksu_social_2024,
	title = {Social media use in adolescent girls with depression: {The} relationship between social media use purposes, lack of social support, and cyber victimization},
	volume = {37},
	issn = {1309-9469},
	url = {https://www.embase.com/search/results?subaction=viewrecord&id=L2029162498&from=export},
	doi = {10.5472/marumj.1379988},
	abstract = {Objective: Our study examined the relationship between purpose of social media use, perceived social support, and cyberbullying among adolescent girls with or without major depressive disorder (MDD). Patients and Methods: Fifty-two adolescent girls aged 13-18 years with a diagnosis of MDD were recruited. The control group consisted of 51 adolescents who were matched for age and gender. The adolescents completed a sociodemographic form, the Childhood Depression Inventory (CDI), the Social Media Attitude Scale (SMAS), the Cyberbullying Scale (CBS), and the Social Support Appraisal Scale for Children (SSAS). Results: Social media use was significantly higher among adolescent girls with MDD (P{\textless}0.001). They had significantly higher social isolation (P=0.006) and cyberbullying scores (P=0.013). They used more social media for social skills (P{\textless}0.001) and their perceptions of social support levels were lower than adolescents without MDD (P{\textless}0.001). Cyberbullying was inversely related to perceived social support (P=0.015) and positively related to social media use for social competence (P=0.004) (e.g., satisfying the need for esteem). Conclusion: This study suggests that increases in social competence problems and decreases in perceived social support were associated with being a victim of cyberbullying. In depressed adolescents, cyberbullying can be prevented by interventions aimed at promoting social competence and obtaining sufficient support.},
	language = {English},
	number = {1},
	journal = {Marmara Medical Journal},
	author = {Goksu, M. and Rodopman Arman, A. and Gundogdu, U. and Gumustas, F.},
	year = {2024},
	keywords = {(SPSS - version 21), Child Depression Inventory, DSM-5, Likert scale, Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia, academic achievement, adolescent, adult, anxiety disorder, appraisal (mental function), article, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, attitude scale, chronic disease, cyber victimization, cyberbullying, data analysis software, depression, eating disorder, face-to-face interview, female, human, major clinical study, major depression, male, maternal age, mental disease, obsessive compulsive disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, paternal age, posttraumatic stress disorder, social competence, social interaction, social isolation, social media, social media attitude, social support, social support appraisals scale, sociodemographics, victim},
	pages = {29--36},
}

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