Table 8.

Social media and anxiety.

Domains	Reference	Type of Publication	Highlighted
Depression Addiction Anxiety	Chiu M. et al. [15]	Clinical Study	Social media increased use correlates to Emergency Department visits for mental illness, including depression, addiction, and anxiety.
Depression Anxiety	Rutter L.A. et al. [16]	Clinical Study	Social media use correlates with depressive symptoms, anxiety, and loneliness. Physical activity negatively correlates with depression.
Depression Psychological problems Addiction Anxiety Body image	Mougharbel F. et al. [17]	Review	High levels of screen time and social media use correlates to depression, anxiety, and misperception of body image, addiction, and mental health outcomes.
Depression Sleep Anxiety	Hoge E. et al. [18]	Review	The more time adolescents spend on smartphone, the higher levels of depression, insomnia, and anxiety are found one year later.
Depression Cyberbullying Sleep Anxiety Sex related problems Behavioral problems Sight	Maurer B.T. et al. [22]	Review	An increase in digital and social media use relates to physical and mental status impairment in children, including depression, anxiety, cyberbullying, sleep disturbance, behavioral problems, sexting, and myopia.
Depression Psychological problems Anxiety	Keles B. et al. [23]	Review	Time spent on social media, repetitive activities, addictive or problematic use associated with depression, anxiety, and psychological impairment. Nevertheless, it is not possible to establish whether a causative effect exists.
Depression Sleep Anxiety	Armitage R.C. et al. [31]	Letter	The degree of social media usage in children correlates with depression, anxiety, and perceived stress level. Bedtime access to and use of mobile devices is significantly associated with inadequate sleep in terms of quality and quantity.
Depression Anxiety	Caffo E. et al. [32]	Review	Many factors including isolation, excessive social media use and parental stress worsened mental status health during COVID-19 era.
Depression Psychological problems Anxiety	Chen I.H. et al. [33]	Review	During school closure in COVID-19 pandemic smartphone and social media use increased. An increase of 15–30 min daily negatively influenced mental health status in children.
Anxiety	Muzaffar N. et al. [70]	Clinical Study	Increased anxiety correlates with increased Facebook use and repetitive behavior on social media among adolescents.