Examination of the temporal sequence between social media use and well-being in a representative sample of adults.

Hannah K Jarman, Siân A McLean, Susan J Paxton, Chris G Sibley, Mathew D Marques

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Article in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

The Bidirectional Relationships between Social Pressure in Digital Contexts, Depression, and Social Support over Time.Psychosocial intervention · 2025
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Social media utilization, mindfulness practice, and psychological distress of nonprofit workers in China: mediation effects of positive and negative affect.Frontiers in public health · 2025
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Ten Myths About the Effect of Social Media Use on Well-Being.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Hannah K JarmanSchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. h.jarman@deakin.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8225-4511

Siân A McLeanSchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Susan J PaxtonSchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Chris G SibleySchool of Psychology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Mathew D MarquesSchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Funding

Templeton Religion Trust TRT0196

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given insufficient prospective evidence for relationships between social media use and well-being among adults, the present study examined the temporal sequence between social media use and psychological distress and life satisfaction, and explored age and gender differences. A representative sample of adults (N = 7331; 62.4% women; M

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Internet UseSocial MediaStress, PsychologicalAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNew ZealandPersonal SatisfactionSex FactorsLife satisfactionProspectivePsychological distressSocial mediaWell-being

Identifiers

PMID36121488

DOI10.1016/j.future.2021.06.044

PMCPMC10366027

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