A systematic review of the mental health outcomes associated with Facebook use

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Highlights：

• Facebook use was associated with six outcomes: addiction, anxiety, depression, body image, alcohol use, and other problems.

• The strength and validity of these relationships varied.

• Facebook use is a multidimensional construct; important to assess specific SNS platforms or similar functions over platforms.

• Meta-analytic techniques will help to quantify the nature and direction of Facebook use and mental health outcomes.

摘要

•Facebook use was associated with six outcomes: addiction, anxiety, depression, body image, alcohol use, and other problems.•The strength and validity of these relationships varied.•Facebook use is a multidimensional construct; important to assess specific SNS platforms or similar functions over platforms.•Meta-analytic techniques will help to quantify the nature and direction of Facebook use and mental health outcomes.

论文关键词：Facebook,Mental health,Outcomes,Psychological,Social networking,Social media

论文评审过程：Received 11 October 2016, Revised 26 March 2017, Accepted 2 August 2017, Available online 4 August 2017, Version of Record 1 September 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.08.001