TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Use of social network as a coping strategy for depression among young people during the COVID-19 lockdown: findings from the COMET collaborative study
JO  - Annals of general psychiatry
A1  - Orsolini, Laura
A1  - Volpe, Umberto
A1  - Albert, Umberto
A1  - Carmassi, Claudia
A1  - Carrà, Giuseppe
A1  - Cirulli, Francesca
A1  - Dell'osso, Bernardo
A1  - Del Vecchio, Valeria
A1  - Di Nicola, Marco
A1  - Giallonardo, Vincenzo
A1  - Luciano, Mario
A1  - Menculini, Giulia
A1  - Nanni, Maria Giulia
A1  - Pompili, Maurizio
A1  - Sani, Gabriele
A1  - Sampogna, Gaia
A1  - Tortorella, Alfonso
A1  - Fiorillo, Andrea
SP  - e44
EP  - e44
VL  - 21
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND: Use of social media (SM) has exponentially grown particularly among youths in the past two years, due to COVID-19-related changing lifestyles. Based on the Italian COvid Mental hEalth Trial (COMET), we investigated the association between SM use and depressive symptoms among Italian young adults (aged 18-24). <br><br>METHODS: The COMET is a nationwide multi-center cross-sectional study that investigated socio-demographic data, social networking addiction (BSNAS), depression, anxiety, and stress (DASS-21), as well as impulsiveness (BIS-15) and aggressiveness (AQ) in a large sample of youngsters, in order to assess the association between BSNAS and DASS-21 indices. Mediation analyses were performed to evaluate the role of impulsiveness and aggressive personality traits in the association between SM use (SMU) and depression. <br><br>RESULTS: 75.8% of the sample (n = 491) had a problematic SMU. SMU was reduced by high AQ and high DASS-21 scores (F = 42.338, p < 0.001, R(2) = 0.207). Mediation analyses showed that SMU negatively predicted depressive symptomatology with the interaction mediated by AQ total (ß = - 0.1075), physical (ß = - 0.207) and anger (ß = - 0.0582), BIS-15 total (ß = - 0.0272) and attentional (ß = - 0.0302). High depressive levels were predicted by high AQ scores, low SMU levels, low verbal and physical AQ, and low attentional BIS-15 (F = 30.322, p < 0.001, R(2) = 0.273). Depressive symptomatology negatively predicted SMU with their interaction mediated by AQ total (ß = - 0.1640), verbal (ß = 0.0436) and anger (ß = - 0.0807), BIS-15 total (ß = - 0.0448) and attentional (ß = - 0.0409). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: SMU during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic could have a beneficial role in buffering negative consequences linked to social isolation due to quarantine measures, despite this association being mediated by specific personality traits.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1744-859X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12991-022-00419-w
ID  - ref1
ER  -