TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Differential associations between types of social media use and university students' non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior
JO  - Computers in human behavior
A1  - Kingsbury, Mila
A1  - Reme, Bjørn-Atle
A1  - Skogen, Jens Christoffer
A1  - Sivertsen, Børge
A1  - Øverland, Simon
A1  - Cantor, Nathan
A1  - Hysing, Mari
A1  - Petrie, Keith
A1  - Colman, Ian
SP  - e106614
EP  - e106614
VL  - 115
IS  - 
N2  - OBJECTIVE  To examine differential associations between types of social media use and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidal behaviors.   Methods  Participants were N = 40,065 Norwegian college and university students, age 18-25, from the 2018 Students' Health and Wellbeing (SHoT) study. Students reported on their use of social media for seven specific activities, which we categorized into active and passive non-social use, passive social use, active public social, and active private social use. We also considered students' tendency for negative social comparisons on social media. Outcomes were past-year NSSI, NSSI ideation, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt. Covariates were age, gender, total daily screen time and financial stress.   Results  Results of multiple logistic regression revealed differential associations between types of social media use and outcomes. Notably, active social private use (e.g., messaging friends) was associated with decreased odds of all outcomes, whereas active social public use (e.g., status updates) was associated with increased odds of NSSI ideation, NSSI, and suicide attempt. Social comparison was associated with increased odds of all outcomes.   Conclusion  Our results suggest that specific types of social media use are differentially associated with NSSI and suicidal outcomes among university students.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0747-5632
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106614
ID  - ref1
ER  -