Social media use in adolescent girls with depression: The relationship between social media use purposes, lack of social support, and cyber victimization

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