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SynthesisAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2026

The Relationship Between Social Media Addiction, Depression, Stress, and Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis.

Anastasios Dadiotis, Konstantina Malliari, Elena Critselis, Flora Bacopoulou, Dimitrios Vlachakis, George Chrousos, Christina Darviri

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Synthesis in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Anastasios DadiotisPostgraduate Course on the Science of Stress and Health Promotion, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Konstantina MalliariPostgraduate Course on the Science of Stress and Health Promotion, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Elena CritselisPostgraduate Course on the Science of Stress and Health Promotion, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Flora BacopoulouPostgraduate Course on the Science of Stress and Health Promotion, Center for Adolescent Medicine and UNESCO Chair in Adolescent Health Care, First Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. fbacopoulou@med.uoa.g.
Dimitrios VlachakisLaboratory of Genetics, Department of Biotechnology, School of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
George ChrousosAghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Christina DarviriPostgraduate Course on the Science of Stress and Health Promotion, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this meta-analysis was to summarize the most recent data about the association between Problematic Social Networking sites use (PSNSU) and depression and anxiety. Moreover, to further extent the literature, we examined the relationship between PSNSU and stress. PubMed/Medline and Scopus were searched from March 2016 to January 2022 to retrieve studies that evaluated the relationship between SNSs addiction and depression, anxiety, and stress. Moderator analyses (meta-regression and subgroup analyses for continuous and categorical variables, respectively) were used to examine variability across studies. Thirty-eight studies (pooled N=29,944; 63.1% females, M

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AnxietyBehavior, AddictiveDepressionInternet Addiction DisorderSocial MediaStress, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultChildFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultAnxietyDepressionSocial media addictionSocial networking addictionSocial networking sitesStress

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PMID41273570

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