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However, to the best of the authors\u2019 knowledge, no meta-analysis so far has focused on rigorous social-media-based mental health interventions for general populations.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n This preregistered meta-analysis synthesized findings from rigorously designed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) (ie, decent sample size, low attrition, and comparable baseline conditions) to understand whether social-media-based mental health RCTs work as expected in reducing mental health issues.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n \n We searched for articles through database queries, hand searching, and forward and backward citation tracking, which yielded 11,658 studies. We only included social-media-based RCTs with a decent sample size (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n \u226530 for each experimental condition at baseline assessment), low differential attrition between treatments and controls (<15%), equivalent baseline conditions (differences between conditions <0.25 SDs), published after 2005, and delivered by nonresearchers. These RCTs must aim at reducing mental health issues, such as depression, anxiety, and stress. We excluded one-item outcome measures.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n After double-blinded screening, 17 eligible studies (total sample sizes=5624) were included in this meta-analysis. Meta-regression results showed that, on average, these social-media-based interventions were effective (effect size [ES]=0.32,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n <.001, N\n ES<\/jats:sub>\n =61, 95% CI 0.24-0.45,\n I<\/jats:italic>\n \u00b2=88.10, \u03c4\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n =0.13) for the general population (range of mean age: 15.27~59.65). In other words, social-media-based interventions were effective at reducing anxiety (ES=0.33,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n =.04,\n n=<\/jats:italic>\n 27), depression (ES=0.31,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n <.001,\n n<\/jats:italic>\n =31), and stress (ES=0.69,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n =.02,\n n<\/jats:italic>\n =12). Moderator analysis showed that social-media-based interventions are more effective when the participants are more than 70% female, when the programs are human-guided, social-oriented, and when control groups are care as usual. Furthermore, we conducted a risk of bias analysis, publication bias analysis, and sensitivity analysis, which show low risks of bias and robust findings. 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