Perceived social support, subjective well-being, coping styles, personality traits, and social media addiction among patients with depression

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World J Psychiatry. Mar 19, 2026; 16(3): 112604
Published online Mar 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i3.112604

Table 4 Domain wise comparison of Brief COPE score, score of social networking addiction scale between both groups and comparison of social networking addiction scale score between both groups

Brief COPE	Group A (n = 70)	Group B (n = 70)	U value	P value
Problem focused	14.77 ± 3.93	40.33 ± 9.52	3790	< 0.001^b
Emotion focused	21.53 ± 3.94	27.47 ±6.34	3799.5	< 0.001^b
Avoidant coping	12.41 ± 2.1	13.34 ± 3.3	2618.5	0.478
SNAS domains
Salience	14.67 ± 4.2	15.37 ± 5.13	2812	0.13
Mood modification	12.39 ± 2.71	12.64 ± 3.43	2706.51	0.28
Tolerance	11.76 ± 3.08	10.39 ± 4.49	1788.52	0.005^a
Withdrawal	13.46 ± 10.77	10.77 ± 5.57	1619.01	0.001^a
Conflict	6.47 ± 4.07	7.63 ± 4.84	2774.02	0.169
Relapse	13.61 ± 4.28	10.23 ± 6.91	1494.11	< 0.001^b
Total score	72.37 ± 19.83	67.03 ± 28.09	1883.5	0.018^a
SNAS score			χ² value
SMA present (> 84)	13 (18.57)	19 (27.14)	1.01	0.314
SMA not present (≤ 84)	57 (81.43)	51 (72.86)	1.01	0.314

^aP value < 0.05.

^bP value < 0.01.

SNAS: Social Networking Addiction Scale; SMA: Social media addiction.

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Citation: Pandey S, Gupta PK, Kar SK. Perceived social support, subjective well-being, coping styles, personality traits, and social media addiction among patients with depression. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(3): 112604
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Pandey S, Gupta PK, Kar SK. Perceived social support, subjective well-being, coping styles, personality traits, and social media addiction among patients with depression. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(3): 112604 [DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i3.112604]

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