Correlations between social media addiction and anxiety, depression, FoMO, loneliness and self-esteem among students: A systematic review and meta-analysis
This meta-analysis revealed that SMA was positively associated with anxiety, depression and loneliness but negatively associated with self-esteem. These findings indicate that students with SMA are more likely to suffer from anxiety, depression and loneliness. Conducting larger prospective studies would be beneficial to verify our findings.
Authors
- Yang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4920-6515)
- Jing Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7677-7068)
- Hui Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6171-4934)
- Lei Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6640-0774)
- Wu Junmei
- Zhu Tianmin
Institutions
- Chengdu Sport University (CN)
- Chengdu University (CN)
- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0329466
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 16.81