Social networking website is an Internet application designed to help individuals or groups build and establish online (that is, as opposed to offline on the Internet) social relationship networks and connections. Through the Internet space across time and space, social networking websites can provide a variety of social functions and services for individuals or groups.
Individuals will show corresponding investment levels and usage stickiness during the use of social networking sites. Social networking site usage intensity is used to describe an individual's investment level in various types of social networking sites during the use of social networking sites.
The strength of the emotional connection with various types of social networking sites and the extent and level of integration of various types of social networking sites into an individual's daily life.
With the increasing popularity of social networking sites and their widespread penetration into human life, the relationship between the intensity of use of social networking sites and depression has received more and more attention and research.
abroad even proposed the term "Facebook depression" to describe the clinical depression manifestations and symptoms of individuals caused by spending too much time addicted to " Facebook ".
However, in the large number of existing psychological surveys and studies on this aspect, the research results on the relationship between the intensity of use of social networking sites and depression have not reached consistent conclusions. The
study intends to conduct further research and discussion on the relationship between the intensity of use of social networking sites and depression among college students. Based on this, it is hoped to further answer the question of the relationship between the two among college students. Depression is a mental health and emotional problem that has a wide range of impacts and is characterized by low mood as the main symptom.
In this highly information-based era, depression has a relatively high incidence rate among adolescents and college students, and will bring serious psychological harm and family economic burden.
The factors that influence the occurrence and development of individual depression, as well as the mediating mechanisms that lead to the occurrence and development of individual depression, have been widely concerned and discussed by psychologists and researchers in related sciences.
Self-esteem is one of the core factors of individual self-evaluation. It is affected by individual cognitive factors and environmental factors at the same time, and has a certain degree of variability and instability.
According to the theoretical perspective of the depression susceptibility model, people with low self-esteem have a lower sense of self-worth, and people with low self-esteem often have higher levels of depression, which is an important reason affecting the occurrence and development of individual depression.
Some studies have shown that there is a close correlation between the intensity of the use of individual social networking sites and self-esteem and depression. In a large number of previous studies on this aspect, researchers have done a lot of research and discussion on the relationship between the intensity of the use of social networking sites and their self-esteem, and the relationship between the intensity of the use of social networking sites and individual depression.
However, relatively few start from the theoretical perspective and background of the depression susceptibility model, regard self-esteem as a susceptibility factor to depression, and further examine how the intensity of use of social networking sites affects depression by affecting self-esteem, a susceptibility factor.
Taking into account the current status and shortcomings of this research, this study examined the intrinsic relationship mechanism between the intensity of use of social networking sites, self-esteem and depression. The study conducted a survey on 475 college students from a university in Jinan to reveal the relationship between the intensity of college students’ use of social networking sites, their self-esteem and their depression. Through rigorous data statistical analysis,
found that all the hypotheses in this study have been verified, and the hypothesis model has also been verified. In this regard, we have carried out the following discussion and explanation.
1. The mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between the intensity of use of social networking sites and depression among college students
Through the correlation analysis and statistics of the intensity of use of social networking sites, self-esteem, and depression among college students, we have found that there is a significant positive correlation between the intensity of use of social networking sites and the level of self-esteem among college students, and there is a significant negative correlation between the intensity of use of social networking sites and the level of depression among college students.
Social networking website is an Internet application designed to help individuals or groups build and establish online (that is, as opposed to offline on the Internet) social relationship networks and connections. Through the Internet space across time and space, social networking websites can provide a variety of social functions and services for individuals or groups.
Individuals will show corresponding investment levels and usage stickiness during the use of social networking sites. Social networking site usage intensity is used to describe an individual's investment level in various types of social networking sites during the use of social networking sites.
The strength of the emotional connection with various types of social networking sites and the extent and level of integration of various types of social networking sites into an individual's daily life.
With the increasing popularity of social networking sites and their widespread penetration into human life, the relationship between the intensity of use of social networking sites and depression has received more and more attention and research.
abroad even proposed the term "Facebook depression" to describe the clinical depression manifestations and symptoms of individuals caused by spending too much time addicted to " Facebook ".
However, in the large number of existing psychological surveys and studies on this aspect, the research results on the relationship between the intensity of use of social networking sites and depression have not reached consistent conclusions. The
study intends to conduct further research and discussion on the relationship between the intensity of use of social networking sites and depression among college students. Based on this, it is hoped to further answer the question of the relationship between the two among college students. Depression is a mental health and emotional problem that has a wide range of impacts and is characterized by low mood as the main symptom.
In this highly information-based era, depression has a relatively high incidence rate among adolescents and college students, and will bring serious psychological harm and family economic burden.
The factors that influence the occurrence and development of individual depression, as well as the mediating mechanisms that lead to the occurrence and development of individual depression, have been widely concerned and discussed by psychologists and researchers in related sciences.
Self-esteem is one of the core factors of individual self-evaluation. It is affected by individual cognitive factors and environmental factors at the same time, and has a certain degree of variability and instability.
According to the theoretical perspective of the depression susceptibility model, people with low self-esteem have a lower sense of self-worth, and people with low self-esteem often have higher levels of depression, which is an important reason affecting the occurrence and development of individual depression.
Some studies have shown that there is a close correlation between the intensity of the use of individual social networking sites and self-esteem and depression. In a large number of previous studies on this aspect, researchers have done a lot of research and discussion on the relationship between the intensity of the use of social networking sites and their self-esteem, and the relationship between the intensity of the use of social networking sites and individual depression.
However, relatively few start from the theoretical perspective and background of the depression susceptibility model, regard self-esteem as a susceptibility factor to depression, and further examine how the intensity of use of social networking sites affects depression by affecting self-esteem, a susceptibility factor.
Taking into account the current status and shortcomings of this research, this study examined the intrinsic relationship mechanism between the intensity of use of social networking sites, self-esteem and depression. The study conducted a survey on 475 college students from a university in Jinan to reveal the relationship between the intensity of college students’ use of social networking sites, their self-esteem and their depression. Through rigorous data statistical analysis,
found that all the hypotheses in this study have been verified, and the hypothesis model has also been verified. In this regard, we have carried out the following discussion and explanation.
1. The mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between the intensity of use of social networking sites and depression among college students
Through the correlation analysis and statistics of the intensity of use of social networking sites, self-esteem, and depression among college students, we have found that there is a significant positive correlation between the intensity of use of social networking sites and the level of self-esteem among college students, and there is a significant negative correlation between the intensity of use of social networking sites and the level of depression among college students.
At the same time, the study also found that the intensity of use of social networking sites among college students has a significant negative predictive effect on depression levels. However, when we put the self-esteem level variable into the regression equation for statistical analysis, the predictive effect of the intensity of use of social networking sites on individual depression is no longer statistically significant.
This result can and is sufficient to show that the intensity of use of social networking sites may have other important intermediate variables and mediating factors in its impact on college students' depression.
found through further mediation effect analysis that the results showed that self-esteem can have a complete mediating role in the negative prediction and impact of college students' social networking site usage intensity on depression.
This shows that for college students, the impact and effect of the intensity of their use of social networking sites on their depression levels is mainly determined and affected by the individual's experience in using social networking sites, concepts and thoughts about using social networking sites, and personal emotions and emotional experiences, rather than the results that can be directly determined by the use of social networking sites themselves.
The complete mediating role of self-esteem in the negative prediction of depression by the intensity of college students' use of social networking sites can be explained from the theoretical perspective of the depression susceptibility model. Beck pointed out that negative self-perception and self-evaluation factors are important inducing and exacerbating factors that lead to individual depression, and based on this, he proposed the susceptibility model theory and model of depression.
This model emphasizes that negative self-perception and self-evaluation factors are important predisposing factors for individual depression, and the susceptibility to the occurrence and development of individual depression is variable and unstable.
will be affected by other individual environmental factors and individual cognitive factors, and will play a partial or complete mediating role in the occurrence of individual depression.
From this we can conclude that college students’ higher intensity of use of social networking sites helps to improve individual self-evaluation, that is, the level of self-esteem, which in turn helps to reduce the level of individual depression.
Social networking sites, as an important tool and platform for college students to establish or maintain interpersonal relationships in the information age, can promote college students' emotional and information exchanges. To a certain extent, they can enhance college students' sense of self-worth, which can help reduce individual depression levels.
Building an online interpersonal network through social networking sites is an important psychological motivation for college students to use social networking sites. Through the new tools and platforms of social networking sites, it helps individuals obtain necessary social connections and social support.
can simultaneously satisfy an individual’s need for a sense of belonging and a sense of personal connection, which helps accumulate and expand an individual’s online and offline social capital and social connections, thereby helping to reduce the loneliness felt by the individual.
This helps to improve positive physical and mental health development indicators such as individual life satisfaction and happiness levels. In turn, the intensity of use of social networking sites contributes to the improvement of individual self-worth, and further leads to the reduction of depression levels in college students. The findings of the
study indicate that self-esteem has a complete mediating role in the negative prediction of depression among college students by the intensity of their use of social networking sites.
Various types of social networking sites are a very important and indispensable communication tool and communication platform for contemporary college students in my country to establish and maintain various interpersonal relationships. They not only allow college students to maintain and enhance connections with family, friends and classmates.
also makes it easier for them to get acquainted with individuals or groups who have the same interests as themselves on social networking sites, thereby establishing new network relationships and gaining more online friends. This will help college students satisfy their sense of belonging and respect needs, and further improve college students' self-esteem levels.
At the same time, individuals can get to know and make more online and friend relationships on social networking sites, feel and gain more social connections and social capital, and thus obtain more social development resources, which will help improve their sense of self-worth and self-esteem, and enhance their level of satisfaction with self-worth and concepts.
This research result shows that for the contemporary college students, the use of social networking sites has a certain promoting and positive effect on improving individual self-evaluation. This shows that the emergence and progress of new tools can also have a positive effect on human physical and mental health.
We should look at the significance of technological progress to human physical and mental health from a positive perspective, instead of blindly adopting a negative attitude to address the steps of new technologies entering human life. We should maintain a positive and optimistic attitude towards humans being able to better master new technologies and improve the quality of life.
2. The moderating effect of gender on the relationship between the intensity of use of social networking sites among college students and depression
Hierarchical regression test found that gender has a moderating effect on the relationship between the intensity of use of social networking sites among college students and depression. Further simple slope analysis found that gender has a moderating effect on the relationship between the intensity of use of social networking sites among college students and depression.
The gender differences in the impact of college students’ social networking site usage intensity on individual self-esteem may also further lead to gender differences in the impact of college students’ social networking site usage intensity on their depression.
According to the depression susceptibility model, girls’ friendship patterns on social networking sites and the purpose of using social networking sites help improve psychological adaptability, including self-esteem. The intensity of use of social networking sites helps improve girls’ awareness and evaluation of self-worth, which in turn helps girls reduce their depression levels.
Therefore, correspondingly, boys are more likely to meet strangers on social networking sites, and they use social networking sites mainly for entertainment and obtaining information. Therefore, they receive less positive effects and have no positive effect on depression. Therefore, girls can benefit more than boys.
This research result shows that for the contemporary college students, the use of social networking sites has a certain promoting and positive effect on improving individual self-evaluation. This shows that the emergence and progress of new tools can also have a positive effect on human physical and mental health.
We should look at the significance of technological progress to human physical and mental health from a positive perspective, instead of blindly adopting a negative attitude to address the steps of new technologies entering human life. We should maintain a positive and optimistic attitude towards humans being able to better master new technologies and improve the quality of life.
2. The moderating effect of gender on the relationship between the intensity of use of social networking sites among college students and depression
Hierarchical regression test found that gender has a moderating effect on the relationship between the intensity of use of social networking sites among college students and depression. Further simple slope analysis found that gender has a moderating effect on the relationship between the intensity of use of social networking sites among college students and depression.
The gender differences in the impact of college students’ social networking site usage intensity on individual self-esteem may also further lead to gender differences in the impact of college students’ social networking site usage intensity on their depression.
According to the depression susceptibility model, girls’ friendship patterns on social networking sites and the purpose of using social networking sites help improve psychological adaptability, including self-esteem. The intensity of use of social networking sites helps improve girls’ awareness and evaluation of self-worth, which in turn helps girls reduce their depression levels.
Therefore, correspondingly, boys are more likely to meet strangers on social networking sites, and they use social networking sites mainly for entertainment and obtaining information. Therefore, they receive less positive effects and have no positive effect on depression. Therefore, girls can benefit more than boys.
