Facebook use, envy, and depression among college students: Is facebooking depressing?

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Highlights：

• A survey of 736 college students found that Facebook use can trigger feelings of envy.

• Feelings of envy were found to predict depression symptoms.

• The effect of surveillance use of Facebook on depression is mediated by feelings of envy.

• Surveillance use of Facebook has a direct link to depression, but the link is actually negative.

摘要

•A survey of 736 college students found that Facebook use can trigger feelings of envy.•Feelings of envy were found to predict depression symptoms.•The effect of surveillance use of Facebook on depression is mediated by feelings of envy.•Surveillance use of Facebook has a direct link to depression, but the link is actually negative.

论文关键词：Depression,Envy,Facebook,Social media,Students

论文评审过程：Available online 20 November 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.10.053