Social Media and Nervous Breakdown.

The relationship between using social network sites (SNS) and mental health is a thriving area of research producing mixed results. While terms such as "Facebook depression" have gained popularity in the mainstream press and are used by organizations such American Academy of Pediatrics, there is not a consensus on the relationship between SNS and mental health. The mixed results of past research hint that age might moderate a SNS/mental health relationship yet no specific tests of this interaction have been previously reported. In this study we examine this relationship analyzing data from the 2016 General Social Survey (GSS). We show that overall social media use is positively related to respondents reporting that they have felt like they were going to have a nervous breakdown. However, for respondents under 30 years of age this relationship is negative, while it is positive for those 30 years old and older. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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