Publications by authors named "Jonathan Schulman"
Importance: Efforts to understand the complex association between social media use and mental health have focused on depression, with little investigation of other forms of negative affect, such as irritability and anxiety.
Objective: To characterize the association between self-reported use of individual social media platforms and irritability among US adults.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This survey study analyzed data from 2 waves of the COVID States Project, a nonprobability web-based survey conducted between November 2, 2023, and January 8, 2024, and applied multiple linear regression models to estimate associations with irritability.
Article Synopsis
- This study investigated how common irritability is among U.S. adults and its relationship with major depressive and anxiety symptoms through an online survey involving over 42,000 participants.
- Results showed that women, younger individuals, those with lower education levels, and lower household incomes reported higher irritability scores.
- The findings also revealed a concerning link between increased irritability and suicidal thoughts, highlighting the need for further exploration of irritability's effects on mental health outside of immediate mood disorders.