Facebook can generate depression in young people with low self-esteem

• April 26, 2024

The "depression by Facebook "It can affect teenagers with problems of self esteem who usually obsess about being connected to Internet For a long time, experts warn in a new study published by the newspaper Pediatrics.

There are factors that could lead users with low self-esteem, who frequently use Facebook, to developdepression , the pediatrician mentions Gween O'Keeffe for the news agency Associated Press.

The social pressure which represents seeing status and photographs of friends or well-known people always smiling and going from party to party could affect feelings found in teenagers who do not believe they can achieve that lifestyle.

Pediatricians have begun to recommend parents talk with your children about using the Internet and be alert to a possible depression due to the use of social networks as Facebook.

It is not only the desire caused by seeing photographs of a life apparently more socially active, than that of the depressed adolescent that causes the emotional problem, but that the social networks they can be tools that allow theattack or harassment towards other young people.

The bullying or bullying through tools such as social networks It can have profound psychological repercussions, so much so that last year a 15-year-old girl committed suicide because of it.

According to recent surveys of the American Pediatric Association, 22% of adolescents enter their social network favorite more than 10 times a day, and more than half of young people do it more than once a day.

Experts point out that the use of Facebook It can be very beneficial, because it encourages you to get involved in social connections between groups, friends and topics of interest, but that can cause the opposite effect in young people prone to suffering from depression. However, I do not know can suggest that the use of Facebook be a factor that generates depression.