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According to the Surgeon General's 2023 advisory on social media use in youth, negative mental health outcomes are particularly elevated for those who spend more than three hours per day on social ...
All this screen time has an undeniable impact (for better or worse). Social media's negative effects on youth mental health have been well-documented, leading the U.S. Surgeon General to issue a ...
That said, it can be difficult to tie mental health directly to social media use, particularly when Gen Z suffered many ill effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, including isolation, remote learning ...
Although social media has a stigma of negative influence, this study looks into the positive as well. The positive influence of social media resulted in the feeling of connectedness and relevance with others. It is a way to interact with people from a far and may send a sense of relief of social isolation. [182] Research published in 2024 ...
Many research studies have also analyzed the negative effects of social media on adolescents’ mental health, however. In the same study conducted by Dr. Shapiro and Dr. Margolin, they discovered that social networking sites, such as Facebook, make it easier for adolescents to compare themselves to their peers. [12]
Experts from many different fields have conducted research and held debates about how using social media affects mental health.Research suggests that mental health issues arising from social media use affect women more than men and vary according to the particular social media platform used, although it does affect every age and gender demographic in different ways.
The study, published in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health journal, indicates that while frequent use of social media does appear to be linked to having a negative impact on mental health, the ...
Social media has been criticized for a range of negative impacts on children and teenagers, including exposure to inappropriate content, exploitation by adults, sleep problems, attention problems, feelings of exclusion, and various mental health maladies. [12] [13] Social media has also received criticism as worsening political polarization and ...