The effect of social media on well-being differs from adolescent to adolescent

Scientific Reports, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 10(1)

Опубликована: Июль 1, 2020

Abstract The question whether social media use benefits or undermines adolescents’ well-being is an important societal concern. Previous empirical studies have mostly established across-the-board effects among (sub)populations of adolescents. As a result, it still open the are unique for each individual adolescent. We sampled experiences six times per day one week to quantify differences in their susceptibility on momentary affective well-being. Rigorous analyses 2,155 real-time assessments showed that association between and differs strongly across adolescents: While 44% did not feel better worse after passive use, 46% felt better, 10% worse. Our results imply person-specific can no longer be ignored research, as well prevention intervention programs.

Язык: Английский

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Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An umbrella review of the evidence

Current Opinion in Psychology, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 44, С. 58 - 68

Опубликована: Авг. 18, 2021

Literature reviews on how social media use affects adolescent mental health have accumulated at an unprecedented rate of late. Yet, a higher-level integration the evidence is still lacking. We fill this gap with up-to-date umbrella review, review published between 2019 and mid-2021. Our search yielded 25 reviews: seven meta-analyses, nine systematic, narrative reviews. Results showed that most interpreted associations as 'weak' or 'inconsistent,' whereas few qualified same 'substantial' 'deleterious.' summarize gaps identified in reviews, provide explanation for their diverging interpretations, suggest several avenues future research.

Язык: Английский

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Social Media and Well-Being: Pitfalls, Progress, and Next Steps

Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 25(1), С. 55 - 66

Опубликована: Ноя. 10, 2020

Within a relatively short time span, social media have transformed the way humans interact, leading many to wonder what, if any, implications this interactive revolution has had for people's emotional lives. Over past 15 years, an explosion of research examined issue, generating countless studies and heated debate. Although early generated inconclusive findings, several experiments revealed small negative effects use on well-being. These results mask, however, deeper set complexities. Accumulating evidence indicates that can enhance or diminish well-being depending how people them. Future is needed model these complexities using stronger methods advance knowledge in domain.

Язык: Английский

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Computer-Mediated Communication, Social Media, and Mental Health: A Conceptual and Empirical Meta-Review

Communication Research, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 48(8), С. 1182 - 1209

Опубликована: Окт. 21, 2020

Computer-mediated communication (CMC), and specifically social media, may affect the mental health (MH) well-being of its users, for better or worse. Research on this topic has accumulated rapidly, accompanied by controversial public debate numerous systematic reviews meta-analyses. Yet, a higher-level integration multiple disparate conceptual operational approaches to CMC MH individual review findings is desperately needed. To end, we first develop two organizing frameworks that systematize MH. Based these frameworks, integrate literature through meta-review 34 content analysis 594 publications. Meta-analytic evidence, overall, suggests small negative association between media use However, effects are complex depend indicators investigated. our evidence synthesis, devise an agenda future research in interdisciplinary field.

Язык: Английский

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Problematic Social Media Use in Adolescents and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

JMIR Mental Health, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 9(4), С. e33450 - e33450

Опубликована: Фев. 5, 2022

Technology is ever evolving, with more and diverse activities becoming possible on screen-based devices. However, participating in a heavy lifestyle may come at cost. Our hypothesis was that problematic social media use increased the prevalence of mental health outcomes.

Язык: Английский

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The Conceptual and Methodological Mayhem of “Screen Time”

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 17(10), С. 3661 - 3661

Опубликована: Май 22, 2020

Debates concerning the impacts of screen time are widespread. Existing research presents mixed findings, and lacks longitudinal evidence for any causal or long-term effects. We present a critical account current shortcomings literature. These include poor conceptualisation, use non-standardised measures that predominantly self-report, issues with measuring over context. Based on these issues, we make series recommendations as basis furthering academic public debate. drawing user-focused approach in order to seek various affordances gained from "screen use". Within this, can better understand way which vary across context, distinction between objective time" compared those more subjective experiences uses affordances, differential may bring.

Язык: Английский

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Social Media Use and Mental Health and Well-Being Among Adolescents – A Scoping Review

Frontiers in Psychology, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 11

Опубликована: Авг. 14, 2020

Social media has become an integrated part of daily life, with estimated 3 billion social users worldwide. Adolescents and young adults are the most active media. Research on grown rapidly, potential association use mental health well-being becoming a polarized much-studied subject. The current body knowledge this theme is complex difficult-to-follow. paper presents scoping review published literature in research field its among adolescents.

Язык: Английский

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Social media use intensity, social media use problems, and mental health among adolescents: Investigating directionality and mediating processes

Computers in Human Behavior, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 116, С. 106645 - 106645

Опубликована: Дек. 5, 2020

Social media have become increasingly integrated into the daily lives of adolescents. There are concerns about potential detrimental effects adolescents' social use (SMU) on their mental health. Using a three-wave longitudinal study among 2109 secondary school adolescents (Mage = 13.1, SDage 0.8), present examined whether high SMU intensity and addiction-like problems were bidirectionally associated with low health, these associations mediated by increased levels upward comparisons, cybervictimization, decreased subjective achievements, less face-to-face contact friends. In doing so, health was measured depressive symptoms life satisfaction. Findings from random intercept cross-lagged panel models showed direct unidirectional association between health: one year later, but not vice versa. also predicted comparisons cybervictimization later. Yet, processes did mediate observed effect Over time, in any direction; neither directly, nor indirectly through mediators. our suggest that harmful may be limited highlight risk to adolescent

Язык: Английский

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Social media and young adults

Elsevier eBooks, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. 45 - 63

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

Язык: Английский

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The relationship between screen time and mental health in young people: A systematic review of longitudinal studies

Clinical Psychology Review, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 86, С. 102021 - 102021

Опубликована: Март 20, 2021

An increase in time spent on screen-based technologies has been suggested to underlie recent increases mental health problems among young people. However, this hypothesis primarily based the findings of cross-sectional studies. The aim current review was provide a comprehensive overview longitudinal studies examining relationship between screen and internalising symptoms. PsycINFO, PubMed/Medline EMBASE were systematically searched for articles published up August 2020. Thirty-five studies, with sample sizes ranging from 126 12,866 participants, met inclusion criteria. association subsequent depressive symptoms found be small very size. There limited evidence any reverse time. varied different devices uses. In contrast symptoms, support associations other including anxiety, self-esteem, general problems, lacking. Together, these results suggest that impact increased prevalence people is likely negligible or small. Further examine content motivations underlying use are required better discern

Язык: Английский

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