According to the report, social media and poor mental health go hand-in-hand. It points to a2019 studythat found teens who spent more than three hours a day on social media “faced double the risk of experiencing poor mental health outcomes, including symptoms of depression and anxiety...
Over the last decade, this theory has been borne out by a large body of research linking teenagers’ use of social media with increased teen depression. These studies show that the frequency of a teen’s use of social media has a clear correlation to their mental health. For example, in ...
Social-media influence on teen mental health goes beyond just cause and effectdoi:10.1038/d41586-024-01488-5SocietyTechnologyDepressionLetter to the EditorMichael A. SpikesNature Publishing Group UKNature
Not all social media experiences are going to be positive, however. Your teen may struggle with several aspects of social media, and it may begin to take a toll on his mental health. Still, there are proven parallels between the rise ofsocial media use and the treatment for mental health ...
Concerns about young people's use of social media and their overall wellness come at a time when mental health issues areon the risein young women. More than half of teen girls — an all-time high — reported feeling "persistently sad or hopeless," a 2021surveyfrom the Centers for Disease...
(RxWiki News) Teens who spend a lot of time using social media may face a raised risk of mental health problems, according to a new study. The authors of this study examined nearly 6,600 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 in the United States. The study participants self-reported...
Signs That Social Media Is Affecting Your Mental Health There are several signs or red flags your social media use is becoming (or has already become) unhealthy. Avoiding face-to-face interactions is a big one, especially if you’ve previously been a social person who enjoyed people and had...
sister got iPhones when they were in eighth and seventh grade respectively, but with no social media, just iMessage. Their parents, who are both computer scientists, spent the next year teaching them about social media, bombarding them with studies about its e...
Our analysis confirms the need for a comprehensive consideration of the relationship between Social Media Use (SMU) and mental health outcomes and well-being. This relationship's direction and strength depend on the presence of different variables, which we refer to as intervening factor.3 From the...
Very frequent use of social media does damage the mental health of teenage girls but it causes harm indirectly — through cyberbullying, sleep loss and reduced physical activity — rather than directly by affecting brain development. That conclusion comes from the first detailed study of how social...