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Gingras MP, Brendgen M, Beauchamp MH, Séguin JR, Tremblay RE, Côté SM, Herba CM. Adolescents and Social Media: Longitudinal Links Between Types of Use, Problematic Use and Internalizing Symptoms. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2023; 51:1641-1655. [PMID: 37294375 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-023-01084-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Studies examining the associations between adolescent social media use and depression/anxiety symptoms show inconsistent results and do not elucidate the direction of associations. Differences in how studies operationalize social media use and consider potential moderating effects of sex and extraversion could contribute to inconsistencies. A distinction has been made between three types of social media use: passive, active and problematic. This study examined longitudinal associations between these types of adolescents' social media use and depression/anxiety symptoms and moderation effects of sex or extraversion. At ages 13 (T1) and 14 (T2), 257 adolescents completed an online questionnaire regarding their depression and anxiety symptoms and problematic social media use as well as three social media use diaries. Cross-lagged panel modeling (CLPM) revealed a positive association between problematic use and later anxiety symptoms (β = .16, p = .010). Extraversion moderated the association between active use and anxiety (β = -.14, p = .032). Specifically, active use predicted higher subsequent anxiety symptoms only in adolescents with low to moderate levels of extraversion. No sex moderation was found. While social media use (active or problematic) predicted later anxiety symptoms (but not depression), the reverse was not the case. However, highly extraverted individuals seem to be less vulnerable to potential negative effects of social media use.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marie-Pier Gingras
- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, H3C3P8, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, H3C3P8, Montreal, Canada
- Research Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine , Montréal (Québec), Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal (Québec), Canada
- Research Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine , Montréal (Québec), Canada
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- Research Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine , Montréal (Québec), Canada
- Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, Université de Montréal, Montréal (Québec), Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal (Québec), Canada
- Research Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine , Montréal (Québec), Canada
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- Research Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine , Montréal (Québec), Canada
- School of Public Health (ESPUM), Université de Montréal, Montréal (Québec), Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, H3C3P8, Montreal, Canada.
- Research Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine , Montréal (Québec), Canada.
- Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, Université de Montréal, Montréal (Québec), Canada.
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Philippe FL, Gingras MP, Ghassemi-Bakhtiari N, Poulin F, Robitaille J, Denault AS, Dandeneau S, Geoffroy MC. Organized civic and non-civic activities as predictors of academic GPA in high school students. Applied Developmental Science 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/10888691.2022.2053127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Masi L, Abadie P, Herba C, Emond M, Gingras MP, Amor LB. Video Games in ADHD and Non-ADHD Children: Modalities of Use and Association With ADHD Symptoms. Front Pediatr 2021; 9:632272. [PMID: 33777866 PMCID: PMC7994285 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.632272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Video game addiction in young children is relevant, but it is especially important for children with ADHD. In order to obtain more data about the use of video games by Canadian children, and in particular by ADHD children, we explored the modalities of use (playtime, addiction score and usage by age) and compared them between ADHD and non-ADHD children. We then examined associations between addiction and ADHD symptoms and explored innovative results about the gender impact. Our study was cross-sectional, multicenter in child psychiatrist departments, exploratory and descriptive. We recruited three groups of children aged 4-12 years: the ADHD Group, the Clinical-Control Group and the Community-Control Group. For each group, the material used consisted of questionnaires completed by one of the parents. Data collection took place from December 2016 to August 2018 in Montreal (n = 280). Our study highlighted a vulnerability in ADHD children: they would exhibit more addictive behaviors with respect to video games (Addiction score: 1.1025 in ADHD Group vs. 0.6802 in Community-Control Group) and prolonged periods of use. We also observed a correlation between the severity of ADHD symptoms and excessive use of video games (p = 0.000). Children with severe ADHD showed significantly higher addiction scores and, in a multiple regression analysis a combination of gender and ADHD explained the excessive use of video games.
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Affiliation(s)
- Laura Masi
- Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (Hôpital-Rivière-Des-Prairies), Department of Psychiatry and Addictology of Université de Montréal (UdeM), Research Center of the Sainte-Justine University Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (Hôpital-Rivière-Des-Prairies), Department of Psychiatry and Addictology of Université de Montréal (UdeM), Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Research Center of the Sainte-Justine University Hospital and of Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Sainte-Justine University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Addictology of Université de Montréal (UdeM), Research Center of the Sainte-Justine University Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Département de psychologie idem pour Catherine Herba, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Sainte-Justine University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Addictology of Université de Montréal (UdeM), Research Center of the Sainte-Justine University Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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