The effect of social media on the mental health of America’s youth is an urgent public health issue, warns the Surgeon General in an advisory released this past May. “Teens who use social media for more than
SOCIAL mediaHEALTH behaviorThis study applied social learning theory to understand how university students learned new health behaviors that impact their mental health through social media use. A cross-sectional research design was adopted with quantitative research methods to conduct the study. Data were...
18 years and older Supplementary notes Original question: Have you ever taken an extended break from social media because it was having a negative effect on your mental health? Citation formats Citation formats View options Other statistics on the topicSocial media and mental health in the...
Generative AI, election news, activism, watching sports – Americans use social media for almost everything. Online users in the United States harbor reservations regarding the reliability of certain aspects of social platforms; however, they are willing to embrace the rough with the smooth and reli...
There are concerns about the potential detrimental effects of adolescents' social media use (SMU) on their mental health. Using a three-wave longitudinal study among 2109 secondary school adolescents (Mage = 13.1, SDage = 0.8), the present study examined whether high SMU intensity and addiction-...
Social media and mental health: It’s complicated Younger people are the heaviest users of social media, but also the most likely to say it’s harming their mental health. It’s a paradox that speaks volumes about how complex our relationship with social platforms has become. But it isn’t...
survey of 386 university students, Baker, Krieger, and LeRoy (2016) found that time spent on social media was linked with higher levels of fear of missing out on social interactions and events with peers, which in turn was associated with poorer physical, emotional, and mental health. While ...
JAMA.2022;328(16):1580. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.15482 FullText The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is helping theAmerican Academy of Pediatrics(AAP) establish a center focused on how social media affe...
Social Media Statistics of Canada in 2025 Social media has revolutionized the way many of us do business, stay connected to family and friends, and even read the news and watch movies. Considering that social media use in Canada has grown significantly in the last three years alone, it’s ...
Today, electronic media and discussion groups are increasingly recognized as valuable sources of public health alerts. Awareness of diseases achieved through first-hand observations and “word of mouth” can influence people’s behavior and reduce the risk of an outbreak and the number of infected pe...