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A Pilot Evaluation of Associations Between Displayed Depression References on Facebook and Self-reported Depression Using a Clinical Scale

Overview of attention for article published in The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, August 2011
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Title
A Pilot Evaluation of Associations Between Displayed Depression References on Facebook and Self-reported Depression Using a Clinical Scale
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The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, August 2011
DOI 10.1007/s11414-011-9258-7
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Megan Andreas Moreno, Dimitri A. Christakis, Katie G. Egan, Lauren A. Jelenchick, Elizabeth Cox, Henry Young, Hope Villiard, Tara Becker

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine associations between displayed depression symptoms on Facebook and self-reported depression symptoms using a clinical screen. Public Facebook profiles of undergraduates from two universities were examined for displayed depression references. Profiles were categorized as depression symptom displayers or non-displayers. Participants completed an online PHQ-9 depression scale. Analyses examined associations between PHQ-9 score and depression symptom displayers versus non-displayers. The mean PHQ-9 score for non-displayers was 4.7 (SD = 4.0), the mean PHQ-9 score for depression symptom displayers was 6.4 (SD = 5.1; p = 0.018). A trend approaching significance was noted that participants who scored into a depression category by their PHQ-9 score were more likely to display depression symptom references. Displayed references to depression symptoms were associated with self-reported depression symptoms.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Indonesia 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Jordan 1 <1%
Unknown 198 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 38 19%
Student > Bachelor 32 16%
Student > Master 28 14%
Researcher 19 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 18 9%
Other 40 20%
Unknown 30 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 64 31%
Medicine and Dentistry 28 14%
Social Sciences 27 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 12 6%
Computer Science 9 4%
Other 21 10%
Unknown 44 21%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 October 2014.
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#6,439,423
of 23,911,072 outputs
Outputs from The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
#180
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#35,826
of 126,420 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
#1
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