Depression significantly linked to social media use no matter your personality – new study
It was found that a person’s personality type does not impede the chances of developing depression from social media use.Researchers from the University of Arkansas in the US have published a new study that has found that for each personality type, increased social media use was “significantly” associated with developing depression.
Further, the study found that associations between social media use and developing depression symptoms did not vary according to any personality characteristic – meaning that no one, no matter how they behave and think, is safe from the negative effects of social media., depression is now the leading cause of disability and mortality worldwide. About one in six people will develop depression in their lifetime and usually, it develops when individuals are in their late teens to mid-twenties.
Importantly, personality traits, such as openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism, have been shown to affect a person’s susceptibility to things like depression, because of social processes like sensitivity to miscommunications or social comparisons. The study found that people who are more agreeable had lower odds of developing depression, while people with high neuroticism had double the odds of developing depression symptoms. Importantly, all personality types have been found to be able to develop depression due to social media use.Other recent studies have also connected social media use to depression.
The University of Arkansas study points to “multiple reasons” why there may exist a connection between social media use and depression. One of these reasons is that large amounts of time spend glued to social media may impede valuable time that could be spent on
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