SNS And Depression

The use of SNSs might be associated with aggravate depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. Studies shows that the SNS may lead to further depressive symptoms due to the fact people may have a misperceptions of other people’s life depicted on social media, which leads to a incorrect assumptions of one’s profile online (Chiou et al., 2014). Indeed, making the wrong conclusion that someone has a better life, could lead a person to think that their life is not worthwhile living. Another study conducted on a university in Utah exposed that people certainly have different perception of their own life after seeing one’s profile; some participants in the study exhibit a more positive perspective about their own lives after seeing a profile of someone less successful. And the other way was also true; the participants had a more negative perspective of their own lives after observing a profile of someone more successful or more attractive (Chiou et al., 2014) However, Chiou et al. abserved that seeing a profile of someone happier or more successful and have a negative perspective about our lives do not substantially lead to depressive symptoms. He further argues that certain people with already existing mental health problems might aggravate their symptoms. On the other hand, this do not mean that it generates those mental health problems in the first place. Kraut et al. …show more content…
suggest a different relation between SNS and depression; they noted that time spent networking with friends and families online helps to strengthen emotional ties and therefore reducing depression symptoms and enhance one’s well-being(Chiou et al.,