STATISTICSRESEARCHATTITUDES toward mental illnessPARENT attitudesSOCIAL supportBackground: while there are many benefits for young people to use social media, adverse effects such as cyberbullying, online chall
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-...
SMU Social Media Use 1. Introduction Almost two in five young Australians aged 16–24 years report symptoms of a mental health disorder (ABS, 2022). University students in this age group report even higher rates of psychological distress and mental illness than young adults in the general popula...
From the erosion of mental well-being through incessant comparison, unrealistic portrayals, and addiction, the negative effects of social media are well-documented. However, it is necessary to move beyond the simplistic characterizations of social media as inherently either beneficial or detrimental and...
When no particular essay topic is assigned, college students often choose social media-related themes to discuss in their academic papers. No wonder: Social media is the number one place for getting news, communicating, networking, and job searching. We use it to buy things, form opinions, and...
Social media, Zoom fatigue, and media multitasking reinforce a cycle of passivity and diminished memory retention and attention span, while also reshaping our posture, behavior, and social interactions. The evidence suggests a growing mental health crisis. Yet, with conscious interventions such as ...
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To investigate the hot topics and attitudes of autism in the larger community. In this study, we analyzed and summarized experimental texts from the social media platform Zhihu using the TF-IDF algorithm and K-means clustering approach. Based on the anal
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...
mental health among young adults, like college students, especially in China. In addition, cyberbullying may have a differential impact on adults vs.children. This is particularly true for cyberbullying on social media, as there are differences in the amount of time spent on social media and ...