Is there a link between Facebook use and poor mental health?
Chen, W., & Lee, K. H. (2013). Sharing, liking, commenting, and distressed? The pathway between Facebook interaction and psychological distress. Cyberpsychology, behavior, and social networking, 16(10), 728-734.
In this online survey of 594 college students, the authors concluded that the impact of Facebook on people is closely related to his personality and frequency of use. Facebook interaction can be relational, informational, or communicative, the survey results show that if these people use facebook more frequent, they will feel more.psychological distress.
A major problem with the article is that the authors can not make sure the relationship between Facebook use and psychological distress, because that either one may cause the other.However the authors used a large sample size of what college students are undergoing following the use of Facebook, and this article was published in 2013, less than six years until now, so it makes it valid. On another way, the two authors work at institutions of higher learning and are frequently cited scholars. The article is also published in an academic journal, so they are increasing its credibility.
This article provided a good answer to my research question. The two authors write that regular Facebook use leads to greater distress, it makes people that overload amplifies communication and diminishes self-esteem. Facebook interaction causing psychological distress are proving the evidence of that there is a link between Facebook use and poor mental health.
Kalpidou, M., Costin, D., & Morris, J. (2011). The relationship between Facebook and the well-being of undergraduate college students. CyberPsychology, behavior, and social networking, 14(4), 183-189.
In this research of seventy undergraduate college students, the authors found the relationship between Facebook variables and psychological well-being. The author found Facebook usage have a negative influence with self-esteem and academic and emotional adjustment in the first-year students in college.
A main problem of this article is that is the researchers only used few sample, so these sample can not be representation experiencing of all university students. And authors did not provide gender of these researchers, so we can not make sure gender is an important factor in understanding the relationship between Facebook use and mental health or not. Nonetheless, this article still can help us to see the effects between Facebook and university students, because it was published in 2010 so it is still valid. This article it is authoritative as it is an academic journal article and the authors are expert in psychology and behavioural. Therefore, this article’s finding can be cited as accurate. can beAs such, the article’s findings can also be cited as accurate.
This article gives a valid answer to my research question. The researchers found that number of Facebook friends will impede his or her academic and emotional adjustment and too much time on facebook is linked to low self -esteem.That shows the evidence of Facebook use caused poor academic, emotional adjustment and low self-esteem have a link between Facebook use and bad mental health.
Rosen, L. D., Whaling, K., Rab, S., Carrier, L. M., & Cheever, N. A. (2013). Is Facebook creating “iDisorders”? The link between clinical symptoms of psychiatric disorders and technology use, attitudes and anxiety. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(3), 1243-1254.
In this research has 1143 teens, young adults, and adults had answered nine questions about their daily use of media and technology, and the acquired data shows that more Facebook friends served as an excellent predictor of more clinical symptoms of narcissism, bipolar-mania, and histrionic personality disorder. Nevertheless, this factor was only linked to fewer symptoms of dysthymia and schizoid personality disorder.
This articles shows Facebook use is responsible for users getting mood and personality disorders. A major problem of this article is Participants are located in the Southern California area, it is limits the universality of these findings in other parts of the United States.However, the researchers used a large sample with the participants, and they have different ages, so the result of this article is more accurate. And the article was published less than six years ago, that is making its findings valid and useful. Nevertheless, these findings can be taken as accurate as the article is published in a well-known academic journal. The authors all worked at the California State University and frequently cited by other scholars. So we can see they are authoritative figures in the field of cyberpsychology and behavior.
This article provide a good answer to my research question. The authors are linking Facebook use to several mood and personality disorders successful. Through systemic testing of online surveys, the authors use evidence that shows that there is a link between Facebook use and poor mental health.