SynthesisJournal of medical Internet research2019
Social Media and Social Functioning in Psychosis: A Systematic Review.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Social connectedness and disconnectedness in individuals with recent onset psychosis and suicidal experiences: a systematic review of the evidence.BMC psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- New Path to Recovery and Well-Being: Cross-Sectional Study on WeChat Use and Endorsement of WeChat-Based mHealth Among People Living With Schizophrenia in China.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Social withdrawal and hippocampal volume among adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis and healthy comparisons: The moderating role of neighborhood residential stability.Schizophrenia research · 2026Article
- "I need to talk, to talk to people": a qualitative study of service user and carer views and priorities for social functioning in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- The relationship between social media use, quality of life, and clinical symptoms in schizophrenia: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Psychosis in the Context of Travel, Substance Use, and Media Exposure: A Stress-Diathesis Perspective.Cureus · 2026Article
- Digital Phenotyping Measurement of Smartphone Social Behavior is Associated with Illness Progression Risk Scores in Young People at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2025Article
- Social Media Use Among Emerging Adults With Psychosis: Oversights and Opportunities.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- The effect of chronotype on social functioning in schizophrenic patients: examining the chain-mediating role of sleep quality and anxiety.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Relationship of Internet, Social Media, and Related Technology Use with Disease Severity and Functionality in Individuals with Serious Mental Disorders.Noro psikiyatri arsivi · 2024Article
- Affective lability and social functioning in severe mental disorders.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2022Article
- Improving social functioning in people with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders via mobile experimental interventions: Results from the CLIMB pilot trial.Schizophrenia research. Cognition · 2021Article
- Rethinking Social Interaction: Empirical Model Development.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundIndividuals with psychosis are heavy consumers of social media. It is unknown to what degree measures of social functioning include measures of online social activity.
objectiveTo examine the inclusion of social media activity in measures of social functioning in psychosis and ultrahigh risk (UHR) for psychosis.
methodsTwo independent authors conducted a search using the following electronic databases: Epistemonikos, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO. The included articles were required to meet all of the following criteria: (1) an empirical study published in the English language in a peer-reviewed journal; (2) the study included a measure of objective or subjective offline (ie, non-Web-mediated contact) and/or online social functioning (ie, Web-mediated contact); (3) the social functioning measure had to be used in samples meeting criteria (ie, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or International Classification of Diseases) for a psychotic disorder or UHR for psychosis; and (4) the study was published between January 2004 and February 2019. Facebook was launched as the first large-scale social media platform in 2004 and, therefore, it is highly improbable that studies conducted prior to 2004 would have included measures of social media activity.
resultsThe electronic search resulted in 11,844 distinct articles. Full-text evaluation was conducted on 719 articles, of which 597 articles met inclusion criteria. A total of 58 social functioning measures were identified. With some exceptions, reports on reliability and validity were scarce, and only one measure integrated social media social activity.
conclusionsThe ecological validity of social functioning measures is challenged by the lack of assessment of social media activity, as it fails to reflect an important aspect of the current social reality of persons with psychosis. Measures should be revised to include social media activity and thus avoid the clinical consequences of inadequate assessment of social functioning.
trial registrationInternational Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) CRD42017058514; http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?ID=CRD42017058514.
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