A Study Of The Relationship Between The Usage Of Social Media And Mental Health Of Guangzhou’s Youth Regarding Social Support And Self-efficacy As Mediating Variate

Mental health is becoming a global issue,and problems like depression of the youth and adolescent are being focused by the United Country and China government.Emerging adulthood is a period when the youth are facing with drastic changes,thus their mentality is being impacted.By investigating the youth from 18 to25 in Guangzhou with questionnaire,this research measured the level of the usage of social media,the social support,self-efficacy and mental health(including depression,interpersonal sensitivity,anxiety and life satisfaction),and discussed the relationship between the usage of social media and mental health as well as the effect of social support and self-efficacy,aiming to provide a direction for recognizing mental issue and subsequent treatment.The research found that total level of usage of social media and mental health is average,but the mentality of quiet a part of youth is not positive.The usage of social media is related to mental health in many dimensions,and at the same time the dimensions like usage of specific social media and the upward social comparison may damage mental health in different degrees.Social support acts as the mediator between usage of social media and anxiety or life satisfaction.Self-efficacy performs the mediating functions between usage of social media and depression,interpersonal sensitivity and life satisfaction.At the time of social media playing a significant role in daily life,the whole society should pay more attention to the mental issue related to usage of social media.