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Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1641) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (1514) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (1363) Peer-to-Peer Support and Online Communities (636) Demographics of Users, Social & Digital Divide (739) Mental Health Surveillance and Epidemiology (62) Kids' and Adolescents' Use of Technology (92)

Published on in Vol 23, No 9 (2021): September

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/21316, first published .
Roles of Psychosocial Factors on the Association Between Online Social Networking Use Intensity and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents: Prospective Cohort Study

Roles of Psychosocial Factors on the Association Between Online Social Networking Use Intensity and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents: Prospective Cohort Study

Roles of Psychosocial Factors on the Association Between Online Social Networking Use Intensity and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents: Prospective Cohort Study

Authors of this article:

Ji-Bin Li1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Li-Fen Feng3 Author Orcid Image ;   Anise M S Wu4 Author Orcid Image ;   Jin-Chen Mai5 Author Orcid Image ;   Yu-Xia Chen5 Author Orcid Image ;   Phoenix K H Mo2 Author Orcid Image ;   Joseph T F Lau2 Author Orcid Image
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Ji-Bin Li   1, 2 * , PhD ;   Li-Fen Feng   3 , MD ;   Anise M S Wu   4 , PhD ;   Jin-Chen Mai   5 , BSc ;   Yu-Xia Chen   5 , BSc ;   Phoenix K H Mo   2 * , PhD ;   Joseph T F Lau   2 * , PhD

1 Department of Clinical Research, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China

2 Center for Health Behaviours Research, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

3 Department of Statistics, Government Affairs Service Center of Health Commission of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China

4 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China

5 Department of Psychological Health Research, Center for Health Promotion of Primary and Secondary School of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, China

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Joseph T F Lau, PhD
  • Center for Health Behaviours Research
  • The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 5/F, School of Public Health
  • Prince of Wales Hospital
  • Hong Kong
  • China
  • Phone: 86 26376606
  • Email: jlau@cuhk.edu.hk