Vol. 2 No. 5 (2025): Special Issue: Social Media and Mental Health

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The countries of the authors contributed to this issue (in alphabetical order):

Belgium, Hong Kong, Italy, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, and USA

Published: 23.12.2025

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Editorial

  • Special Issue: Social Media and Mental Health

    Julia Brailovskaia, Chung-Ying Lin, Servet Üztemur
    332-337
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.89

Original (Research) Article

  • Social media platforms as enablers of college students’ experiences of cyber abuse

    Lauren R. Shapiro, Angela M. Crossman
    338-365
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.48

  • Psychiatric trainees’ perspectives on patients’ social media use: A survey study

    Victoria Lenihan, MD, Edwina Awuku-Aboagye, Jason Straub, Sarah Collica
    366-375
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.54

  • Unregulated gambling on social media platforms exacerbates risk of problem gambling in a large national sample

    Michael Sofis, Mackenzie Slade, Ari Kirshenbaum
    376-387
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.58

  • I have so much FoMO! An exploration into psychological variables influencing fear of missing out and Snapchat intensity

    Deya Roy
    388-399
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.46

  • Milestones and mindsets: how social media shapes young adults’ expectations and emotional well-being

    Romilly O'Connell, Neil Anthony Daruwala
    400-415
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.56

  • Social media envy scale: a Turkish adaptation, validity, and reliability study

    Nail Değirmenci, Femke Geusens, Kamolthip Ruckwongpatr, Po-Ching Huang, Fatma Ongur, Ufuk Güneş, Nihat Şimşek, Ali Gökalp
    416-424
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.74

  • The relationship between election-related social media activism and college students’ negative future expectancy

    Zoe Waller, Ammie G. Yu, Kamryn M. Kadotani, Samantha L. McMichael, Virginia S. Y. Kwan
    425-434
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.82

Review Article

  • TikTok narratives of global social anxieties: FoMO, FoBO and fear of being seen

    Marica Castaldi
    435-443
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.66