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This study examined their associations with stressful life events, depressive symptoms, and suicidal behaviors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional anonymous online survey conducted among undergraduates at the Cyprus University of Technology. Participants completed Internet Addiction Test\u201320 (IAT-20) to assess PIU risk, Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) to assess problematic social-media use, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) to assess depressive symptoms, Life Events Scale for Students (LESS-36) to assess stressful life events, and Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire\u2013Revised (SBQ-R) to assess suicidal behaviors. Correlation and multivariable linear regression analyses examined associations with depressive symptoms and suicidal behaviors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      1002 students completed the survey (45% response rate); 67.7% were female. PIU risk was minimal (51.1%), mild (38.6%), and moderate (10.3%). BSMAS and LESS-36 scores correlated with depressive symptoms (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03c1<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.47;\n                      <jats:italic>\u03c1<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.30) and suicidal behaviors (\u03c1\u2009=\u20090.24; \u03c1\u2009=\u20090.31; all\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Adjusted analyses showed depressive symptoms were associated with female gender, mild\u2013moderate PIU, problematic social-media use, and stressful life events. Suicidal behaviors were associated with male gender, non-Cypriot nationality, family history of mental illness, screen time, mild\u2013moderate PIU, stressful life events, and depressive symptoms.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Problematic internet and social-media use and stressful life events were associated with depressive symptoms and suicidal behaviors; longitudinal research is needed to clarify temporal relationships.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s44192-026-00465-w","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,4]],"date-time":"2026-05-04T15:25:41Z","timestamp":1777908341000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Problematic internet and social-media use, stressful life events, depressive symptoms, and suicidal behaviors among university students in Cyprus: a cross-sectional study"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"6","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1155-942X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lenos","family":"Hatzimilidonis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2708-1851","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria","family":"Karanikola","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6358-8591","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nicos","family":"Middleton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0418-1334","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sokratis","family":"Sokratous","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"465_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e33450","DOI":"10.2196\/33450","volume":"9","author":"H Shannon","year":"2022","unstructured":"Shannon H, Bush K, Villeneuve PJ, Hellemans KGC, Guimond S. 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