Table 4.

The impact of problematic social media use on mental health.

Author	Main findings
Cunningham et al.88	Future research should focus on individuals with problematic social media use.
Shensa et al.89	Problematic social media use is strongly associated with depressive symptoms.
Woods et al.90	Adolescents who abused social media have a higher depression risk.
Radovic et al.91	Over-sharing and stressed posting is associated with depression.
Ivie et al.92	Significant positive correlation between social media use and depressive symptoms.
Raudsepp et al.93	Excessive social media use was correlated with increased symptoms of depression.
Zhong et al.164	Breaks from social media use could have mitigated mental health trauma during the pandemic.
Haand et al.165	Addiction to social media is positively linked to depression.
Brailovskaia et al.166	Depressed individuals often intensively use social media to escape negative moods.
Jeri-Yabar et al.167	Excessive use of social media is associated with depressive symptoms.
Kircaburun et al.168	Social media addiction indirectly affects depression levels.