Cultural Background and Measurement of Usage Moderate the Association Between Social Networking Sites (SNSs) Usage and Mental Health: A Meta-Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 631-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue-Qin Yin ◽  
Dian A. de Vries ◽  
Douglas A. Gentile ◽  
Jin-Liang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Positive Indicators ◽  
The Relationship

The present meta-analysis reviews English-language studies from 2005 to 2016 to investigate the relationship between social networking sites (SNSs) usage and mental health and to explore whether cultural background, measurement of usage, gender and age influence this relationship. A total of 63 studies and 144 effect sizes (positive indicators of mental health k = 62, negative indicators of mental health k = 82) were analyzed. We found that (1) SNSs usage was positively correlated with both positive and negative indicators of mental health, and no significant difference between these two mean correlations was found; (2) age did not moderate the relationship between SNSs usage and mental health; (3) SNSs usage was positively related to positive indicators for measures of social network size, while general use was positively related to negative indicators; (4) stronger correlations were found between SNSs usage and positive indicators of mental health in collectivist cultures than in individualistic cultures; (5) as percentage of female participants increased, a stronger relationship between social network sites and negative indicators of mental health was observed. This meta-analysis allows for integration of conclusions of past studies and establishes a clearer understanding of the relations between SNSs usage and mental health, including recognizing that complex factors (such as cultural background and gender) moderate these relations.

Active and Passive Social Networking Sites Usage and Negative Emotions: A Reciprocal Relationship?

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-213
Author(s):  
Xin-Xue Zhang ◽  
Detlef H. Rost ◽  
Jin-Liang Wang ◽  
Katherine J Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Variable Cross ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: The increasing popularity of social networking sites (SNS) has stimulated research on the relationship between SNS usage and users' mental health. The current study aims to shed light on the possible reciprocal relationship between type of SNS usage and subsequent mental health among Chinese college students. Method: A latent variable cross-lagged panel analysis (two waves) was conducted (N = 266). Results showed that negative emotions (loneliness, depression) at Time 1 (T1) was positively related to both active SNS usage and passive SNS usage at Time 2 (T2). However, neither active nor passive SNS usage at T1 was found to be associated with negative emotions at T2. Discussion: In this current research, the key finding is that type of usage did not impact on users' mental health. Future research might investigate the role of individual and social factors (e.g., self-esteem and life satisfaction) in moderating the relationship between SNS use and mental health.

Determinants of Brand Recall in Social Networking Sites

2018 ◽  
pp. 454-476
Author(s):  
Kaan Varnali ◽  
Vehbi Gorgulu
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
User Interaction ◽  
Perceived Popularity ◽  
Brand Recall ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Brand Involvement ◽  
Brand Congruence ◽  
The Relationship

This research aims to contribute to the understanding of how brand impressions in social networking sites influence brand recall. Further, the relationship between the built-in metrics offered by social networking sites and brand recall are also examined to assess the validity of these metrics as measures of advertising effectiveness. Results indicate a positive relationship between brand recall and self-brand congruence, tie-strength with, trust toward, and perceived popularity of the profile associated with the post, and clicking a link embedded in the post / ad in which the brand appears. On the other hand, there is not a significant difference between the levels of brand involvement, homophily with the profile associated with the post / ad, like-count, and four types of built-in user-interaction options including liking, sharing, posting a comment and tagging among the brands that were successfully retrieved from the memory and those were not.

Psychological Benefits and Detrimental Effects of Online Social Networking

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irem Metin Orta ◽  
Müge Çelik Örücü
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Online Social Networking ◽  
Psychological Perspective ◽  
Psychological Benefits ◽  
The Relationship

With the growing prevalence of wireless communication technologies, social networking sites (SNSs) such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. have become an important venues for interpersonal communication. This chapter provides a detailed overview of the current literature on online social networking with respect to its beneficial and detrimental effects on psychological wellbeing. In particular, it provides empirical evidence for the associations of SNS use with depression, self-esteem, loneliness, subjective wellbeing, social anxiety, attachment, personality traits, and addiction. Furthermore, it identifies the characteristics of individuals who are more prone to social networking, and presents possible mediators and moderators playing a role in the relationship between social networking and mental health. The chapter overall provides a comprehensive guideline to parents, researchers, educators, healthcare, and communication professionals to the issue of online social networking from a psychological perspective.

scholarly journals Does Attentional Style Moderate the Relationship between Time Perspective and Social Network Addiction? A Cross-Sectional Study on a Sample of Social Networking Sites Users

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (17) ◽  
pp. 3983
Author(s):  
Silvana Miceli ◽  
Fabrizio Scrima ◽  
Maurizio Cardaci ◽  
Giuseppe Quatrosi ◽  
Luigi Vetri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Temporal Perspective ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attentional Style ◽  
The Relationship

The present study investigates the role of attentional style as a moderator variable between temporal perspective and social network addiction, since little is known about users’ cognitive variables involved in this kind of addictive behavior. To achieve this goal, a sample of 186 volunteers and anonymous social networking sites users (M = 34%; F = 66%; Mage = 22.54 years; SD = 3.94; range: 18 ÷ 45 years) participated in a cross-sectional study. All participants filled out self-report instruments measuring temporal perspective, internal vs. external attentional style, and social network addiction. The results align with the previous literature and show that present fatalistic and past negative time orientations are associated with social network addiction, whereas the future is a negative precursor. Moreover, a four-step hierarchical regression analysis showed that internal attentional style is a significant moderator of the relationship between high levels of temporal perspective and a high level of social network addiction. This result suggests that social network-addicted users are oriented toward internal stimuli such as their intrusive thoughts or feelings and that social network addiction is similar to obsessive compulsive disorders, depression, or anxiety. Despite its limitations, the present study could contribute to the efforts of clinicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, teachers, and all those who seek to combat social network addiction in developing treatment programs to reduce its harmful effects.

Determinants of Brand Recall in Social Networking Sites

2017 ◽  
pp. 124-153
Author(s):  
Kaan Varnali ◽  
Vehbi Gorgulu
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
User Interaction ◽  
Perceived Popularity ◽  
Brand Recall ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Brand Involvement ◽  
Brand Congruence ◽  
The Relationship

This research aims to contribute to the understanding of how brand impressions in social networking sites influence brand recall. Further, the relationship between the built-in metrics offered by social networking sites and brand recall are also examined to assess the validity of these metrics as measures of advertising effectiveness. Results indicate a positive relationship between brand recall and self-brand congruence, tie-strength with, trust toward, and perceived popularity of the profile associated with the post, and clicking a link embedded in the post / ad in which the brand appears. On the other hand, there is not a significant difference between the levels of brand involvement, homophily with the profile associated with the post / ad, like-count, and four types of built-in user-interaction options including liking, sharing, posting a comment and tagging among the brands that were successfully retrieved from the memory and those were not.

scholarly journals Examination of the relationship between phone usage and smartphone addiction based on certain variables

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 446-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet Arnavut ◽  
Cahit Nuri ◽  
Cemaliye Direktor
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Positive Direction ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between technology usage and Smartphone addiction according to certain variables. Method: In this study, which was conducted with the purpose of determining the opinions of preservice teachers, a scanning model was employed. The sample of the study consists of 714 preservice teachers who studied at the Atatürk Education Faculty of Near East University, who were selected based on a random sampling method. In the study, a demographic information form prepared by the researchers was used in order to obtain the required data. The preservice teachers who participated in the study voluntarily were asked to provide information on their demographic features such as age and gender, period of using social networking sites, daily usage habits of smartphones, daily average time spent on social networking sites, average time spent using technological devices and their reasons for using smartphones. The Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Form adapted to the Turkish language by Noyan, Darcin, Nurmedov, Yılmaz and Dilbaz, (2015)and the Opinion Scale for Technological Device Usage developed by Arnavut and Bicen, (2013)  were both used. Findings: The conducted multiple regression analysis showed that the role of technology in life, communication and the usage of social media were significant predictor of smartphone addiction (F (3.709) = 282.065, p<.001). According to the obtained results, it was seen that the total variance explained 54% (R=.74, R2=.54, p<.001).A significant difference was observed in the communication dimension according to the age variable of the research (p=0.02), whereas no significant difference was found between smartphone addiction, social media usage and the role of technology in life (p<0.05). Tukey test analysis showed that the communication score increased with age. Conclusion: According to the obtained conclusions, it was found out that males predominantly use smartphones for communication purposes. No significant difference was found in terms of smartphone addiction. A high and significant relationship was found in a positive direction between smartphone addiction and social media usage. Additionally, a medium and significant relationship in a positive direction was found between smartphone addiction and the role of technology in life. 

Should You Accept a Friends Request From Your Mother? And Other Filipino Dilemmas

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Miller ◽  
Mirca Madianou
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
New Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract: This paper uses the concept of ‘cutting the network’ derived from the work of Marilyn Strathern to examine the relationship between two kinds of social network, that of kinship and the system of friends constructed on social networking sites. Specifically the material comes from a study of Filipina domestic workers and nurses in the UK and their relationship to their left behind children in the Philippines. A bilateral system of kinship can lead to a proliferation of relatives, while the use of the Friendster social networking site can lead to a proliferation of friends. It is when these two systems clash following the request by one's mother to become a friend that the constraints and problems posed by both systems comes into view. Cases show that it is possible to use social networking sites to help mothers become close friends for their absent children, but more commonly the increasing presence of actual mothers through new media disrupts the relationships that children had developed for themselves to a idealised projection of motherhood.

scholarly journals The Impact of Perceived Discrimination on Mental Health Among Chinese Migrant and Left-Behind Children: A Meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Hu ◽  
Jingwen Hu ◽  
Yi Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Positive Indicators ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIn China, rural–urban migration is one of major influences on the mental health of migrant and left-behind children. Literature suggests that the perception of discrimination is an important factor that influences the mental health of these children. The present research explores (1) whether migrant children and left-behind children are different in the relationship between the perception of discrimination and mental health, and (2) whether the relationship between the perception of discrimination and mental health of these children is moderated by gender and age. Using a meta-analytic technique, the authors included 26 studies (generating 48 independent samples) with a total sample size of 28,883 participants. Results showed that the perception of discrimination of migrant children was negatively correlated with positive indicators of mental health, and it has a stronger effect than left-behind children; the perception of discrimination of migrant children was positively correlated with negative indicators of mental health, and it has a weaker effect than left-behind children. Additionally, gender moderated the relationship between the perception of discrimination and the positive indicators of mental health among left-behind children, while age moderated such relationship among migrant children.

Appendectomy Does Not Increase the Risk of Future Emergence of Parkinson’s Disease: A Meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 000313482198903
Author(s):  
Mitsuru Ishizuka ◽  
Norisuke Shibuya ◽  
Kazutoshi Takagi ◽  
Hiroyuki Hachiya ◽  
Kazuma Tago ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Random Effects Models ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Cochrane Library ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Observation Period

Objective To explore the impact of appendectomy history on emergence of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Background Although there are several studies to investigate the relationship between appendectomy history and emergence of PD, the results are still controversial. Methods We performed a comprehensive electronic search of the literature (the Cochrane Library, PubMed, and the Web of Science) up to April 2020 to identify studies that had employed databases allowing comparison of emergence of PD between patients with and those without appendectomy history. To integrate the impact of appendectomy history on emergence of PD, a meta-analysis was performed using random-effects models to calculate the risk ratio (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for the selected studies, and heterogeneity was analyzed using I2 statistics. Results Four studies involving a total of 6 080 710 patients were included in this meta-analysis. Among 1 470 613 patients with appendectomy history, 1845 (.13%) had emergences of PD during the observation period, whereas among 4 610 097 patients without appendectomy history, 6743 (.15%) had emergences of PD during the observation period. These results revealed that patients with appendectomy history and without appendectomy had almost the same emergence of PD (RR, 1.02; 95% CI, .87-1.20; P = .83; I2 = 87%). Conclusion This meta-analysis has demonstrated that there was no significant difference in emergence of PD between patients with and those without appendectomy history.

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