Studies show that indulged in social networks are more susceptible to depression-social networking, depression-IT information

According to a recent study found that young people spend more time on social media, is more likely to fall into depression.

In the 19-32-year-olds in the study, people who brush every week social networking sites most frequently suffer from depression is not how people use social networking sites to the possibility of 2.7 times. In this study of the 1787 United States young people, their daily average 61 minutes with social media, you want to sign in to your account 30 times a week. Appears in one-fourth of the subjects have a tendency to depression.

Focus on media and Health Research Center Director Dr Brian Primack of Pitt leading the research, he explained: "for a long time using social media is very important to find out the explanation of the relation between depression, because this was a cross-sectional study, does not come from the existing results clearly point to the conclusions. 」

"The data is very likely now as those who themselves have depression are increasingly using social media, maybe they feel are not very motivated to take part in more direct social exchanges. 」

However, Primack said there are indeed reasons to explain why frequently use social media more likely to cause depression, an example of which is called "Facebook depression" phenomenon.

"Those who are addicted to social networks may feel that they do not live in an ideal, while others in the Sun out of life on social networks is much more better than your life. 」

"And like many other research topics in the social sciences, according to the study′s conclusion makes sense in both directions. 」

"People should be more concerned about this phenomenon, because it might lead to a potentially vicious circle: have people with depression are more likely to seek emotional support from social media, but such excessive behavior makes them more depressed. 」

The study was funded by the University of Pittsburgh School of medicine for 11 of the most popular social media platforms, which include Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Google Plus, Instagram, and Snapchat, Reddit, and Tumblr, Pinterest, and Vine as well as LinkedIn. Facebook currently active users has exceeded 1 billion a day, and monthly active users of Twitter have reached 320 million people.

The results are quite disturbing, according to a report released by the World Health Organization in October 2015 shows that depression has become the leading cause of disability in the world the most important factor.

But Primack also said social media itself can become a tool to overcome depression. "We hope that this study can help figure out how to play the role of social media is a powerful tool, use it to the advantage of establishing a link between man and man, not to further exacerbate depression. 」

"We do not recommend that people stop using social media, social media has become a very important part of today′s society, it took many important social functions. 」

"We are doing this study was to let people know about using social media also face some emotional risks, mastered this knowledge allows people in how to use social media as well as on the frequency of use to make better choices. 」

Dr Primack, the study conclusion depicts an overall tendency, does not mean that all people who love social media will suffer from depression, in fact some people get links from social media to establish psychological comfort, reduce their symptoms of depression.

研究表明：沉迷社交网络的人更容易抑郁 - 社交网络,抑郁 - IT资讯

根据最近的一项研究发现，年轻人花在社交媒体上的时间越多，就越有可能陷入抑郁。

在参与研究的19-32岁年轻人中，那些每星期刷社交网站最频繁的人患上抑郁症的可能性是不怎么用社交网站的人的2.7倍。在这参与研究的1787名美国年轻人中，他们每天平均使用社交媒体61分钟，每周要登录自己的账户30次。在其中四分之一的研究对象身上已经出现了抑郁症的倾向。

专注于研究媒体技术与健康关系的皮特研究中心主任Brian Primack博士领头展开了这项研究，他解释道：「对于长时间使用社交媒体与抑郁倾向之间的关系找出解释是非常重要的，因为这还只是一个横断面研究，从现有的结果中并不能得出明确指向性的结论。」

「得出现在的数据非常有可能是因为那些本身具有抑郁倾向的人也越来越多地使用社交媒体了，也许是他们自身感觉不是很有动力去参与那些更加直接的社会交流活动。」

然而，Primack博士表示确实也有一些原因可以用来解释为什么频繁地使用社交媒体更有可能导致抑郁，其中的一个例子就是一种被称作「Facebook抑郁症」的现象。

「那些沉迷于社交网络之中的人们可能会感觉自己并没有生活在理想状态中，而别人在社交网络上晒出来的生活却比自己的生活要美好得多。」

「就与社会科学中的很多研究课题一样，针对这一研究的两个方向的结论都是说得通的。」

「人们应该更加关心这一现象，因为它可能会形成一种潜在恶性循环：已经具有抑郁倾向的人会更有可能从社交媒体中寻找情绪支持，但是这种过度沉迷的行为却会使得他们更加沮丧。」

这项研究是由匹兹堡大学医学院针对11个最受欢迎的社交媒体平台所展开的，其中就包括了Facebook、YouTube、Twitter, Google Plus、Instagram、Snapchat、Reddit、Tumblr、Pinterest、Vine以及LinkedIn。目前Facebook每天的活跃用户已经超过了10亿，而Twitter每月的活跃用户也达到了3.2亿人。

这项研究结果相当的令人不安，根据世界卫生组织在2015年10月发布的一份报告显示，在全球范围中抑郁症已经成为了导致残疾的最主要因素。

不过Primack博士也表示社交媒体本身也可以成为一种战胜抑郁症的工具。「我们希望这项研究可以帮助找出如何发挥社交媒体这一强大工具的作用，利用它在人与人之间建立联系的优势，而不是去进一步加剧抑郁。」

「我们当然不会建议人们停止使用社交媒体，社交媒体已经成为了当今社会的一个非常重要的组成部分，它承担起了许多重要的社会功能。」

「我们做这项研究是希望让人们了解使用社交媒体也会面临一些情绪上的风险，掌握这方面的知识可以让人们在如何使用社交媒体以及使用频率上做出更好的选择。」

在Primack博士看来，这项研究结论只是描绘出了一个总体人群倾向，并不意味着所有热爱社交媒体的人都会患上抑郁症，事实上也有一些人会从社交媒体所建立的联系中得到心理安慰，减轻自己的抑郁症状。