ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2021
The Impact of Social Media on College Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Multinational Review of the Existing Literature.
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Exploring the psychological impact on children and adolescents during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic-a systematic review.BMC psychology · 2025Pooled it
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- Leveraging social media footprints for predicting college student anxiety: a machine learning approach.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The impact of social media use on college students' mental health: a narrative review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
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- Self-Perceived Psychological, Social, Academic and Personal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chiropractic Students in South Africa.Journal of chiropractic humanities · 2025Article
- Effects of Social Media Use on Youth and Adolescent Mental Health: A Scoping Review of Reviews.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Digital Media-use Effects (d-MUsE) Model: A comprehensive framework for exploring/studying functional and dysfunctional effects on adolescent wellbeing.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Review
- Prevalence and influencing factors of sleep disturbance among medical students under the COVID-19 pandemic.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
- Breast Aesthetics, Motivational Factors in Surgery, and the Influence of Social Media and Pornography.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2025Article
- The associations between social comparison on social media and young adults' mental health.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The effect of social media use on mental health of college students during the pandemic.Health economics · 2024Article
- COVID-19-Related Social Isolation, Self-Control, and Internet Gaming Disorder Among Chinese University Students: Cross-Sectional Survey.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Procrastination Mediates the Relationship between Problematic TikTok Use and Depression among Young Adults.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Multivariate patterns of brain functional connectome associated with COVID-19-related negative affect symptoms.Translational psychiatry · 2024Article
- Researching into Chinese university students' mental health in the post-pandemic era - problems and causes.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Understanding University Students' Perspectives towards Digital Tools for Mental Health Support: A Cross-country Study.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2024Article
- The Impact of COVID-Related Restrictions on the Mental Health of Students.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024Review
- A comprehensive exploration of human communal media interaction and its evolving impact on psychological health across demographics and time.PeerJ. Computer science · 2024Article
- Severe Loneliness and Isolation in Nursing Students during COVID-19 Lockdown: A Phenomenological Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, both social media use and rates of anxiety and depression among college students have increased significantly. This begs the question, what is the relationship between social media use and college student mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic? RECENT
findingsPrior studies have found mixed results regarding the relationship between social media use and college student mental health. This relationship has become increasingly complex during the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that excessive or problematic social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic was correlated with worse mental health outcomes that could be mitigated by dialectical thinking, optimism, mindfulness, and cognitive reappraisal. The COVID-19 pandemic acts as a moderator by strengthening the relationship between social media use and mental health. Future studies should consider the impact of social media on college student mental health and concentrate on intervention initiatives to ensure the psychological well-being of college students during a global pandemic outbreak.
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