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2. Problematic social media use - Wikipedia

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   The Social Media Disorder Scale (SMD) is a nine-item scale that was created to investigate addiction to social media and get to the heart of the issue. [116] This scale has been used in conjunction with multiple scales and does measure social media addiction.

3. What is social media addiction? - AOL

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   Social media addiction is a phenomenon, according to the Cigna Group's 2023 Vitality in America study, that Gen Z-ers are acutely aware of. While only 44% of those surveyed believe they're ...

4. How does social media affect your mental health? - AOL

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   The study says that social media addiction is "similar to other types of substance and behavioral addictions, in which case addicts present reduced grey matter volumes of the amygdala."

5. Internet addiction disorder - Wikipedia

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   Internet addiction "disorder" (IAD), also known as problematic internet use, or pathological internet use, is a problematic compulsive use of the internet, particularly on social media, that impairs an individual's function over a prolonged period of time.

6. Scientists Can't Decide if Social Media Is Addictive - AOL

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   Part of the challenge of determining whether or not problematic social media use is classified as an addiction is that behavioral addictions are newly defined, says Zendle, with gambling addiction ...

7. Digital media use and mental health - Wikipedia

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   "Fear of missing out" can lead to psychological stress at the idea of missing posted content by others while offline. The relationships between digital media use and mental health have been investigated by various researchers—predominantly psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and medical experts—especially since the mid-1990s, after the growth of the World Wide Web and rise of ...

8. Psychological effects of Internet use - Wikipedia

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   "We may stop 'needing' or craving real social interactions because they may become foreign to us," Aboujaoude says. [33] Psychological distress has been found to influence and increase escapism. Escapism, in turn, increases the likelihood of internet addiction, compulsive internet use, gaming addiction, and further harmful consequences. [34] [35]

9. Crack down on addictive social feeds. American teens' mental ...

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   Now, as a mental health crisis exacerbated by social media giants seeking to addict and commodify the attention of children grows worse and worse each year, it’s time to take collective action ...