Impact of Social Media Use on Depression

Abstract

This paper tries to examine the influence test social media use(SMU) and teenagers depression. First, this paper looks into the direct relation between SMU and depression, finding a strong positive correlation that is backed by previous studies on different types of samples. Second, the paper explores mediating roles such as self-esteem, feelings of self-worth, and experiences of social support, revealing how these influencing factors impact the mechanism between SMU and depression. Finally, the present study discusses the duplicity of the impact of SMU. This expands the study's understanding of SMU and emphasises the stress-relieving effects of social media use to some extent. This study proposes to conduct more in-depth studies on the influence mechanism of social media in future studies. Longitudinal studies and laboratory studies can be used to try to detect the causal relationship between SMU and psychological well-being.