TY  - JOUR
AU  - Wang, Rui
AU  - Cong, Shengnan
AU  - Sha, Lijuan
AU  - Sun, Xiaoqing
AU  - Zhu, Rong
AU  - Feng, Jingyi
AU  - Wang, Jianfang
AU  - Tang, Xiaomei
AU  - Zhao, Dan
AU  - Zhu, Qing
AU  - Fan, Xuemei
AU  - Ren, Ziqi
AU  - Zhang, Aixia
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/3/15
TI  - Association Between Social Networking Site Use Intensity and Depression Among Chinese Pregnant Women: Cross-sectional Study
JO  - J Med Internet Res
SP  - e41793
VL  - 25
KW  - antenatal depression
KW  - social network site
KW  - social media
KW  - WeChat
KW  - upward social  comparison
KW  - rumination
AB  - Background: Despite extensive debates about the mental health impacts of the use of social networking sites (SNSs), including WeChat, the association and mechanisms between social interaction of WeChat use intensity and antenatal depression are unclear. Objective: We aimed to test the mediating roles of upward social comparison on social interaction of WeChat and rumination in the association between social interaction of WeChat use intensity and antenatal depression. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in four hospitals with the self-reported measures of social interaction of WeChat use intensity, upward social comparison on social interaction of WeChat, rumination, antenatal depression, and control variables. The mediation analysis was performed through Model 6 from the PROCESS macro 4.0 in SPSS 26. Results: Results from 2661 participants showed that antenatal depression was unrelated to social interaction of WeChat use intensity (P=.54), but was significantly positively related to the attitude toward social interaction of WeChat (P=.01). The direct effect of attitude toward social interaction of WeChat use on antenatal depression was not statistically significant (β=–.03, P=.05). The results supported an indirect relationship between attitude toward social interaction of WeChat use and antenatal depression via (1) upward social comparison on social interaction of WeChat (indirect effect value=0.04, 95% CI 0.03 to 0.06); (2) rumination (indirect effect value=–0.02, 95% CI –0.04 to –0.01); and (3) upward social comparison on social interaction of WeChat and rumination in sequence (indirect effect value=0.07, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.08). Conclusions: Our findings highlight the necessity of focusing on attitudes toward SNS use, and the importance of upward social comparison and rumination in understanding the effect of SNS use on antenatal depression. 
SN  - 1438-8871
UR  - https://www.jmir.org/2023/1/e41793
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/41793
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36920458
DO  - 10.2196/41793
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/41793
ER  -