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Association Between Social Networking Sites Use Intensity and Depression Among Chinese Pregnant Women: Cross-Sectional Study
Aixia Zhang;
Rui Wang;
Shengnan Cong;
Lijuan Sha;
Xiaoqing Sun;
Rong Zhu;
Jingyi Feng;
Jianfang Wang;
Xiaomei Tang;
Dan Zhao;
Qing Zhu;
Xuemei Fan;
Ziqi Ren
ABSTRACT
Background:
Though the past years have witnessed debates about the effects of social networking sites (SNS) (including WeChat) use on mental health, the association and mechanisms between intensity of WeChat use and Antenatal Depression (AND) are unclear.
Objective:
We aimed to test the mediating roles of upward social comparison and rumination in association between intensity of WeChat use and AND.
Methods:
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in four hospitals with the self-reported measures of intensity of WeChat use, upward social comparison, rumination and AND. The SPSS was used to analyze the data.
Results:
Results from 2, 661 participants showed AND was unrelated to intensity of WeChat use (P = .54), but positively related to attitude to WeChat with statistical significance (P = .01). Attitude to WeChat couldn’t affect AND directly, but through three pathways: the independent mediating roles of upward social comparison and rumination, and the chain mediating role of both upward social comparison and rumination. The indirect effect is 0.04, -0.02 and 0.07, respectively.
Conclusions:
Our findings highlight the necessity of focusing on attitude to SNS, and the importance of upward social comparison and rumination in understanding the effect of SNS use on AND.
Citation
Please cite as:
Zhang A, Wang R, Cong S, Sha L, Sun X, Zhu R, Feng J, Wang J, Tang X, Zhao D, Zhu Q, Fan X, Ren Z
Association Between Social Networking Site Use Intensity and Depression Among Chinese Pregnant Women: Cross-sectional Study