Table 2.
Scales and Metrics Used.
| Scales | Study ID | Social Media Related | Depression/Mental Health Related Factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-assessment—not pre-identified surveys | [12,15,29,30,35,38,44,45,47] | X | X |
| Eating attitudes test | [11] | X | |
| Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS-25) | [11] | X | |
| Internet Gaming Disorder Scale- Short Form (IGDS9-SF) | [18] | X | |
| Smartphone Application- Based Addiction Scale (SABAS) |
[18] | X | |
| Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) | [18,49] | X | |
| Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire-students (SDQ–S) |
[18] | X | |
| 16-Item Version of the Prodromal Questionnaire (PQ-16) |
[18] | X | |
| Multidimensional Peer Victimization Scale (MPVS) | [18] | X | |
| Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) | [18] | X | |
| Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) | [18] | X | |
| Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC10) |
[18] | X | |
| Appearance-related social media consciousness (ASMC) | [43] | X | X |
| Depression (Beck) | [25] | X | |
| Social Media Addiction scale | [36] | X | |
| Pittsburgh Sleep Questionnaire Index (PSQI) | [25,27,51] | X | |
| Children’s Depression Inventory scale | [36,50] | X | |
| Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale | [17,20,36,39,42,49] | X | |
| Chinese version of the ten-item Rosenberg self-esteem scale | [22] | X | |
| Self-esteem (shortened Rosenberg) | [40] | X | |
| UCLA Loneliness Scale | [37,50] | X | |
| Social Media Addiction nScale for Adolescents | [37] | X | |
| Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale | [37] | X | |
| Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS) | [46] | X | |
| The Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment scale (GAD-7) | [18,46] | X | |
| The Centre for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale | [20,46,51] | X | |
| 20-item Chinese version of the Center for Epidemiology Scale for Depression (CES-D) | [21,22] | X | |
| Subscale of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21—Spanish version) | [32] | X | |
| Spanish version of the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) |
[32] | X | |
| Social Media Addiction Questionnaire (SMAQ) | [32] | X | |
| Short version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) |
[32] | X | |
| Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) | [16] | X | |
| Social Media and Depression Scale (SMDS) | [27] | X | |
| The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) | [27,52] | X | |
| Social Media Use Integration Scale | [39] | X | |
| Social media screen-time as recorded in time use diaries (TUD) | [40] | X | |
| Back Depression Inventory—second edition (BDI-II-II) scale | [31] | X | |
| The Electronic Interaction Scale for Time (EIS_T) | [48] | X | |
| Reassurance-Seeking Scale (RSS) | [48] | X | |
| The Motivations for Electronic Interaction Scale (MEIS) | [48] | X | X |
| The Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) | [48] | X | |
| Hopkins Symptom Checklist scale | [28] | X | |
| Salivary cortisol level | [14,49] | X | |
| Quality of Life Scale for Children-Turkish version | [38] | X | |
| Time spent using (Social Networking Services) SNS (internet addiction—AI) and 21 item Depression Anxiety and Stress scale | [24] | X | X |
| Online Social Networking Activity Intensity Scale (OSNAI) scale | [19] | X | |
| Social Networking Activity Intensity Scale (SNAI) scale | [11] | ||
| Online social networking addiction (OSNA) | [53] | X | X |
| Social Function use Intensity (SFUI) | [11,19] | X | X |
| Entertainment Function use Intensity (EFUI) | [11,19] | X | X |
| Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI-KID) | [49] | X | |
| Illinois Bully Scale | [49] | X | |
| 17-item Clinician Rated Quick Inventory of Depressive symptoms (QIDS-A17-C) | [49] | X | |
| Youth Self-Report Baseline Form | [50] | X | |
| Emotional Connection (EC) meters | [52] | X | |
| Social Networking Intensity scale (SNI) | [52] | X | |
| Cyber aggression scale | [51] | X | X |
| Fear of missing out scale (FOMOs) | [52] | X | |
| Mood and Feelings Questionnaire—short version (SMFQ) | [42] | X | |
| Facebook Intensity Scale (FBI) modified | [13,22] | X | X |
| The Facebook Intrusion Questionnaire | [20] | X | |
| Ruminative Response Scale (RRS) | [20] | X | |
| The Finnish version of the Depression Scale | [23] | X | |
| Patient Health Questionnaire-9 depression screen (PHQ) | [53] | X | |
| Family Affluence Scale for Adolescents | [17] | X |