In June, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, the nation's top doctor, called for warning labels onsocial media platforms. The Senate approved the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act and a companion bill, the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act, on July 30. And at least 30 states have ...
“Mental health can be affected by social media when there is no clear understanding of how it works. Although teens know that not everything on social media is real, they may still be influenced and experience negative emotions that create feelings of worthlessness or low self-esteem.” –Tal...
The Effect of Social Media on Teenagers’ Mental Health Are teens and social media platforms a good mix, or does social media use lower teen well-being? Why is social media bad? This has become one of the more controversial questions regarding social media’s effects on teens, with studies...
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 three hours a day face double the risk of depression and anxiety symptoms, ...
There's growing evidence that social media can lead to harassment, affect body image, and exacerbate mental health issues. "Teens, in particular, that are on social media and technology for an hour or two or more are actually more likely to experience anxiety, depression, isolation," said Dr...
Effects on Mental Health First of all, keep in mind that your mental health can be affected without you even knowing it. If you can’t stop checking your Instagram or Twitter before going to sleep, then something might be wrong. Here’s exactly how social media might affect your mental he...
根据文章第三段“Researchers found that social media may harm girls' mental health. (研究人员发现,社交媒体可能会损害女孩的心理健康。)”和第四段“The researchers found that, in both sexes, very frequent social media use was connected with greater psychological sufferings. The effect was especially ...
Another negative effect of social media is cyberbullying. Teens and adults can receive hurtful and malicious messages online. This type of abuse and harassment can cause great damage to the self-esteem and confidence of many teens. And there’scatfishing,too, which is also classified as cyberbul...
Most of us use some form of social media nowadays, whether that is Facebook, X formally known as Twitter, Instagram or even just WhatsApp. However, there is growing evidence that our social media use may be having a damaging effect on our mental health. This is particularly true for ...
It’s a particular challenge because any impact of social media on mental health is likely to be small. “Predicting mental health will always be in very small impacts because mental health and well-being are so complex,” Orben says. “Any one behavior will only be a very, very small sl...