%0 Journal Article
%A Ugwu, Lawrence Ejike
%A Idemudia, Erhabor Sunday
%A Chukwu, Olive O
%A Onyedibe, Maria Chidi Christiana
%T Measuring the Impact of Social Media on Young People's Mental Health: Development and Validation of the Social Media-Induced Tendency Scale.
%J Depression research and treatment
%V Volume 2023
%@ 2090-1321
%C New York, NY [u.a.]
%I Hindawi
%M DKFZ-2023-01158
%P Article ID 8677521
%D 2023
%Z #LA:C110# / Volume 2023 | Article ID 8677521
%X Social media use has been linked to adverse health outcomes such as depression. To facilitate interventions, understanding the varied causes of depression is necessary. The authors developed a social media-induced depression tendency (SMIDT) scale for use with young people and aimed to validate it for young people in Nigeria. The study was conducted in three parts using an online survey (Google Forms) with purposive sampling targeting young people. Study 1 was an exploratory study that developed the SMIDT scale with 361 young people aged 16 to 26 years (mean age = 22.81). A concise measure of SMIDT was obtained. In study 2, confirmatory factor analysis was performed on the SMIDT with young people aged 17 to 25 years (mean age = 23.61). Construct, discriminant, and concurrent validities were established, and three factors were identified (sensitivity/attention seeking, worthlessness, and escapism/reality avoidance), which explained 55.87
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:37305812
%2 pmc:PMC10256438
%R 10.1155/2023/8677521
%U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/276777