Social media use, mental health, and suicide-related outcomes in Russian women
- \(\bf Background:\) Women who belong to the age group "emerging adulthood" (18 to 29 years) are vulnerable to mental health issues and suicide-related outcomes. \(\bf Objectives:\) This study investigated potential predictors of suicide-related outcomes in females emerging adulthood and compared them to older women. \(\textbf {Design and Methods:}\) Data of 2537 women from Russia (group "18 to 29 years": \(\it n\) = 1123; group"> 29 years": \(\it n\) = 1414) on lifetime suicide-related outcomes, (problematic) social media use, daily stress, depression and anxiety symptoms, and positive mental health were assessed via online cross-sectional surveys. \(\bf Results:\) The younger group spent significantly more time on social media use than the older group. It had significantly higher levels of daily stress, problematic social media use, depression and anxiety symptoms, and suicide-related outcomes. The older group showed significantly higher levels of positive mental health. Only in the younger group, problematic social media use significantly mediated the relationship between daily stress and suicide-related outcomes in a moderated mediation analysis. Positive mental health significantly moderated the association between problematic social media use and suicide-related outcomes. Specifically, the higher the positive mental health level, the less close the link between both variables. \(\bf Conclusion:\) The current results reveal that young women in Russia could be at enhanced risk for daily stress, problematic social media use, and low levels of mental health. The interaction between these variables could foster suicide-related outcomes. Public governmental communication in Russia should call attention to potential negative impact of intensive social media use.
Author: | Julia BrailovskaiaORCiDGND, Yulia KrasavtsevaORCiDGND, Yakov KochetkovGND, Polina TourGND, Jürgen MargrafORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-103617 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057221141292 |
Parent Title (English): | Women's health |
Subtitle (English): | a cross-sectional comparison between two age groups |
Publisher: | Sage |
Place of publication: | Thousand Oaks, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2023/11/10 |
Date of first Publication: | 2022/12/12 |
Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
Tag: | Open Access Fonds Russia; emerging adulthood; mental health; problematic social media use; suicide-related outcomes; women |
Volume: | 18 |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 14 |
Note: | Article Processing Charge funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
Institutes/Facilities: | Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum für psychische Gesundheit |
Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum für psychische Gesundheit (FBZ), Arbeitseinheit Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie | |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | Philosophie und Psychologie / Psychologie |
open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
faculties: | Fakultät für Psychologie |
Licence (English): | Creative Commons - CC BY-NC 4.0 - Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International |