Identifying Depression-Related Behavior on Facebook—An Experimental Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13027445 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Z Kmetty (0000-0002-6775-8938, Centre for Social Sciences), Károly Bozsonyi (0000-0003-0721-5007, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 135-135 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/socsci11030135 |
| OpenAlex | W4221129140 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 32 |
Depression is one of the major mental health problems in the world and the leading cause of disability worldwide. As people leave more and more digital traces in the online world, it becomes possible to detect depression-related behavior based on people’s online activities. We use a novel Facebook study to identify possible non-textual elements of depression-related behavior in a social media environment. This study focuses on the relationship between depression and the volume and composition of Facebook friendship networks and the volume and temporal variability of Facebook activities. We also tried to establish a link between depression and the interest categories of the participants. The significant predictors were partly different for cognitive-affective depression and somatic depression. Earlier studies found that depressed people have a smaller online social network. We found the same pattern in the case of cognitive-affective depression. We also found that they posted less in others’ timelines, but we did not find that they posted more in their own timeline. Our study was the first to use the Facebook ads interest data to predict depression. Those who were classified into the less interest category by Facebook had higher depression levels on both scales
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |