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The Influence of Social Media Interactions and Behaviors on Depressive Symptoms Among Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adults in the United States: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Longitudinal Study

The Influence of Social Media Interactions and Behaviors on Depressive Symptoms Among Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adults in the United States: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Longitudinal Study

The Influence of Social Media Interactions and Behaviors on Depressive Symptoms Among Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adults in the United States: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Longitudinal Study

César Escobar-Viera   1 , MPH, MD, PhD ;   Robert W S Coulter   2 , MPH, PhD ;   M Reuel Friedman   3 , MPH, PhD ;   Brian Thoma   1 , PhD ;   Galen E Switzer   4 , PhD ;   Jamie Martina   5 , MPH ;   James Erin Egan   2 , MPH, PhD ;   Brian Primack   6 , EdM, MS, MD, PhD

1 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

2 Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

3 Department of Urban-Global Public Health, School of Public Health, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States

4 Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

5 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

6 Department of Health Promotion and Health Behavior, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvalis, OR, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • César Escobar-Viera, MPH, MD, PhD
  • Department of Psychiatry
  • School of Medicine
  • University of Pittsburgh
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