title: "Facebook depression?" social networking site use and depression in older adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the association between social networking site (SNS) use and depression in older adolescents using an experience sample method (ESM) approach.
  
  
  METHODS
  Older adolescent university students completed an online survey containing the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 depression screen (PHQ) and a week-long ESM data collection period to assess SNS use.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants (N = 190) included in the study were 58% female and 91% Caucasian. The mean age was 18.9 years (standard deviation = .8). Most used SNSs for either <30 minutes (n = 100, 53%) or between 30 minutes and 2 hours (n = 74, 39%); a minority of participants reported daily use of SNS >2 hours (n = 16, 8%). The mean PHQ score was 5.4 (standard deviation = 4.2). No associations were seen between SNS use and either any depression (p = .519) or moderate to severe depression (p = .470).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We did not find evidence supporting a relationship between SNS use and clinical depression. Counseling patients or parents regarding the risk of "Facebook Depression" may be premature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53705, USA. lajelenchick@pediatrics.wisc.edu
authors.forename: Lauren A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Jelenchick
authors.forename: Jens C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Eickhoff
authors.forename: Megan A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Moreno
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003625:Data Collection; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D060756:Social Networking; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult