Facebook use and depressive symptomatology: Investigating the role of neuroticism and extraversion in youth

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Highlights：

• We examined the impact of Facebook use, personality, and sex on depressive symptoms.

• We found no direct link between Facebook use and depressive symptoms.

• Facebook use among high neuroticism females predicted lower depressive symptoms.

摘要

•We examined the impact of Facebook use, personality, and sex on depressive symptoms.•We found no direct link between Facebook use and depressive symptoms.•Facebook use among high neuroticism females predicted lower depressive symptoms.

论文关键词：Depression,Facebook,Extraversion,Neuroticism,Sex

论文评审过程：Available online 16 August 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.039