ArticleBrain, behavior, & immunity - health2021
Social media use and systemic inflammation: The moderating role of self-esteem.
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- Social Media Use and Its Concurrent and Subsequent Relation to a Biological Marker of Inflammation: Short-Term Longitudinal Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Which social media platforms matter and for whom? Examining moderators of links between adolescents' social media use and depressive symptoms.Journal of adolescence · 2023Article
- Can inflammation predict social media use? Linking a biological marker of systemic inflammation with social media use among college students and middle-aged adults.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2023Article
- Self-esteem only goes so far: the moderating effect of social media screen time on self-esteem and depressive symptoms.Behaviour & information technology · 2023Article
- Smartphone Use and Inflammation at 2-Year Follow-Up in College Students: The Mediating Role of Physical Activity.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- Relationships between Social Networking Sites Use and Self-Esteem: The Moderating Role of Gender.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Social Media Use and Its Link to Physical Health Indicators.Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking · 2022Article
- Won't We Know If It's Toxic? A Review of the Impacts of Social Media on Public Health.Missouri medicineArticle
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Abstract
Social media use has become an important part of social life. However, little is known about its relation to physical health. Extending prior work on social media use and psychological well-being, the present research investigated how social media use is associated with a key indicator of health, systemic inflammation. Based on research on self-esteem and work on inflammation, the current study examined whether the link between social media use and inflammatory biomarkers would be moderated by self-esteem. A nationally probablistic sample of middle-aged adults (
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