Long-term use of social media is significantly associated with the prevalence of mental illness

Abstract

Abstract. These days, people's lives would not be the same without their mobile phones, and the Internet serves as a vital conduit for communication. The creation of social media has given everyone the opportunity to express themselves, make friends, and have fun in their daily lives. However, it also has its drawbacks and can be an important factor in a person's development of mental illness. The purpose of this research is to prove that social media can have a significant impact on developing mental illness. This paper will also give measures and suggestions on how to plan the use of social media. This paper will use linear regression and select data from the outputs of surveys of different ages and questionnaire formats to examine the argument, in addition to the data selected from the Kaggle website. This provides a new perspective on the study of mental health in order to develop new psychological treatments in the future.