Roles of Psychosocial Factors on the Association Between Online Social Networking Use Intensity and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents: Prospective Cohort Study.
Weiwei XiaoLi-Fen FengAnise Man Sze WuJin-Chen MaiYu-Xia ChenPhoenix Kit-Han MoJoseph Tak Fai LauPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2021)
The association between online social networking use intensity and depressive symptoms was partially mediated through the indirect increase in social nonconfidence and mother-adolescent conflict; however, better perceived social support and friendship quality would partially compensate for the harmful impact of online social networking use intensity on depressive symptoms among early adolescents.