Time Spent on Social Media Applications in Relation to Depressive Symptoms During Emerging Adulthood and the Mediating Role of Sleep Quality: Cross-Sectional Observational Study
Qi Zou, Jiabi Qin, Lei Zhang, Wenhua Wang, Xiaoxiao Yuan, Tingting Wang, Yuan Peng, Ye Chen, Linfei Dou, Xinghua Yang, Xirennayi Abudurexiti, Mingyang Wu, Alicia Stone · 2025
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Qi Zou leads a fourteen-author team measuring phone-tracked social media time against depression in young adults, in a study published in two thousand twenty-five. Self-reported screen time is unreliable, weakening earlier research. Objective measurement was this study's remedy.
Students at six universities were enrolled in two thousand twenty-two. Their phones' own system monitoring logged social media duration. Depression symptoms were scored on a standard self-rating scale. Statistical models, including flexible dose-response curves, linked heavier use to symptoms. Sleep quality was tested as the pathway in between. Emerging adulthood, the late-teens-to-twenties transition, is when both social media habits and depression risk peak. The mediation result suggests sleep interventions might blunt the association.
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| CREATOR | Qi Zou, Jiabi Qin, Lei Zhang, Wenhua Wang, Xiaoxiao Yuan, Tingting Wang, Yuan Peng, Ye Chen, Linfei Dou, Xinghua Yang, Xirennayi Abudurexiti, Mingyang Wu, Alicia Stone |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |