Electronic media use and symptoms of depression among adolescents in Norway.
Adolescent
Communications Media
/ statistics & numerical data
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression
/ etiology
Electronics
/ statistics & numerical data
Female
Friends
Humans
Male
Norway
Self Report
/ statistics & numerical data
Social Media
/ statistics & numerical data
Surveys and Questionnaires
Video Games
/ statistics & numerical data
Journal
PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Titre abrégé: PLoS One
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101285081
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
30
10
2020
accepted:
22
06
2021
entrez:
8
7
2021
pubmed:
9
7
2021
medline:
24
11
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between electronic media use, including use of social media and gaming, and symptoms of depression, and whether gender or having friends moderated these associations. This study was based on self-reported cross-sectional data from the Ungdata survey, conducted in 2018 by the Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) Institute in cooperation with seven regional drug and alcohol competence centres. The target group comprised 12,353 15-16 years old adolescents. Binominal logistic regression was used to analyse the association between electronic media use and symptoms of depression. The odds of having symptoms of depression were higher for those who used social media more than 3 hours per day (OR: 1.60, 95% CI: 1.43-1.80), compared to those who used social media 3 hours or less per day. Additionally, the odds of having symptoms of depression was higher for those who used more than 3 hours on gaming per day (OR: 1.57, 95% CI: 1.36-1.80), compared to those who used 3 hours and less on gaming per day after adjustment for potential confounders. There were no interaction effects between social media and gaming use with symptoms of depression. Neither were the associations between social media use and gaming with symptoms of depression moderated by gender or having friends. The odds of having symptoms of depression were significantly higher for adolescents with a more frequent use of electronic media.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between electronic media use, including use of social media and gaming, and symptoms of depression, and whether gender or having friends moderated these associations.
METHODS
This study was based on self-reported cross-sectional data from the Ungdata survey, conducted in 2018 by the Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) Institute in cooperation with seven regional drug and alcohol competence centres. The target group comprised 12,353 15-16 years old adolescents. Binominal logistic regression was used to analyse the association between electronic media use and symptoms of depression.
RESULTS
The odds of having symptoms of depression were higher for those who used social media more than 3 hours per day (OR: 1.60, 95% CI: 1.43-1.80), compared to those who used social media 3 hours or less per day. Additionally, the odds of having symptoms of depression was higher for those who used more than 3 hours on gaming per day (OR: 1.57, 95% CI: 1.36-1.80), compared to those who used 3 hours and less on gaming per day after adjustment for potential confounders. There were no interaction effects between social media and gaming use with symptoms of depression. Neither were the associations between social media use and gaming with symptoms of depression moderated by gender or having friends.
CONCLUSIONS
The odds of having symptoms of depression were significantly higher for adolescents with a more frequent use of electronic media.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34234359
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254197
pii: PONE-D-20-34067
pmc: PMC8263301
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e0254197Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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