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ArticlePreventive medicine2020

Longitudinal association between social media use and psychological distress among adolescents.

Ingibjorg E Thorisdottir, Rannveig Sigurvinsdottir, Alfgeir L Kristjansson, John P Allegrante, Christa L Lilly, Inga Dora Sigfusdottir

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Article in Preventive medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Ingibjorg E ThorisdottirDepartment of Psychology, Reykjavik University, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland; Icelandic Center for Social Research and Analysis, Reykjavik University, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland. Electronic address: ingibjorgth@ru.is.
Rannveig SigurvinsdottirDepartment of Psychology, Reykjavik University, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland.
Alfgeir L KristjanssonIcelandic Center for Social Research and Analysis, Reykjavik University, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505, United States of America.
John P AllegranteIcelandic Center for Social Research and Analysis, Reykjavik University, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland; Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, 1007, NY, USA; Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, 10032, NY, USA.
Christa L LillyDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Inga Dora SigfusdottirDepartment of Psychology, Reykjavik University, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland; Icelandic Center for Social Research and Analysis, Reykjavik University, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland; Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, 1007, NY, USA.

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West Virginia IDEA-CTRU54GM104942 · NIGMS · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI Sally Lynn Hodder · 2012 to 2026
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NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104942
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to examine in a longitudinal cohort design whether social media use among adolescents is related to symptoms of social anxiety, depressed mood, and physical symptoms of anxiety over time. As part of the LIFECOURSE study of risk and protective factors for healthy adolescent development, three waves of school-based surveys of adolescents born in Iceland in 2004 were analyzed. Of the 3914 eligible adolescents, 2378 gave informed consent. Complete responses for this study were collected from 2211 students at the first wave, with 2052 responding roughly 12 months later, and 2097 responding in year 3. Linear mixed-effects models were used to analyze time spent on social media in relation to psychological distress over time. More time spent on social media was weakly but significantly associated with increased symptoms of depressed mood, social anxiety and symptoms of physical anxiety over time. However, the effect size of these relationships suggest they may not be of clinical relevance. The relationship between time spent on social media and symptoms of depressed mood and physical symptoms of anxiety grew stronger over time, although it is not known if this relationship is causal. The relationship between time spent on social media and all outcomes of psychological distress were stronger for girls than boys and increased social media use had a positive relationship with symptoms of depressed mood over time. The relationships found in this study were relatively small and future studies need to focus on the clinical and public health significance of these effects.

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Psychological DistressSocial MediaAdolescentAnxietyDepressionFemaleHumansIcelandLongitudinal StudiesMaleAdolescentslongitudinal studiessocial media usesymptoms of anxietysymptoms of depressed mood

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PMCPMC8389076

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