Table 1 Association between social media use and anxiety^a and depression^b

  Overall studies

6 (9579)

1.55 [1.30–1.85]

6.84

26.94

   High Quality

4 (7599)

1.45 [1.21–1.73]

1.76

0.00

 β ^c

3 (2376)

0.05 [−0.32–0.41]

8.36

76.07

 Pearson’s r ^d

4 (2483)

0.18 [0.10–0.27]

11.13

73.04

  Overall studies

6 (13241)

1.43 [1.14–1.80]

15.22

67.16

   High Quality

2 (4481)

1.42 [0.69–2.90]

0.33

0.00

 β ^c

3 (2574)

0.08 [0.01–0.14]

0.82

0.00