The Relationship of Social Media Use With Depression and \rloneliness in Adolescents: a Descriptive Study

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the \rrelationship of social media use with depression and loneliness in adolescents. Material and Methods: The sample of the descriptive study \rwas determined as 599 students by power analysis and the students \rwere selected by simple random method. To collect the data of the study \rDescriptive Characteristics Form, Social Media Addiction Scale for \rAdolescents, UCLA Loneliness Scale, and Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale were used. In the analyses of the data percentage, mean \rand the linear regression analysis were used. Results: Social media addiction total score average of adolescents was 6.21±2.50 (moderate), \rdepression total score average 67.60±15.59 (moderate), loneliness total \rscore average 58.65±9.90 (moderate). In the study, it was determined \rthat adolescents' social media addiction has statistical significance in \rexplaining depression and loneliness (p<0.05). Social media addiction \rexplains depression with 8% and loneliness with 3%. Conclusion: It \rwas determined that social media addiction has been found to affect \rdepression and loneliness in adolescents.