Social media use, purposes of use, and mental health among Slovenian high school students : research data underlying the article

Mavrin, Alenka (author), Puklek Levpušček, Melita (author)

This dataset contains quantitative survey data collected from Slovenian high school students regarding their use of social networking sites, purposes of social media use, indicators of mental health and psychosocial well-being. The dataset includes measures of depression, anxiety, and stress (Mini-DASS-12), loneliness (UCLA Loneliness Scale), motives for social media use (SMU-SNS scale), demographic characteristics, and self-reported daily time spent on social networking sites.

• Language: English
• Keywords: quantitative survey, social media use, mental health, adolescents
• Typology: 2.20 - Complete scientific database of research data
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Year: 2026
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-182294
• Data col. methods: Self-completed questionnaire; Self-completed questionnaire:Fixed form; Self-completed questionnaire: Web-based; Measurements and tests: Psychological
• Publication date in RUL: 20.05.2026

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: kvantitativna raziskava, uporaba družbenih omrežij, duševno zdravje, mladostniki

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P5-0062
• Name: Uporabna razvojna psihologija