ArticleInnovation in aging2021
Measurement Invariance of Social Media Use in Younger and Older Adults and Links to Socioemotional Health.
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- Navigating the Algorithm: A Narrative Review of Social Media's Impact on Mental Health in Clinical and Non-Clinical Adolescent Populations.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- An experimental online study on the impact of negative social media comments on anxiety and mood.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Impact of Different Types of Social Media Use on the Mental Health of UK Adults: Longitudinal Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Observational
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- Merits and Pitfalls of Social Media as a Platform for Recruitment of Study Participants.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Content appraisal and age moderate the relationship between passive social media use and mental ill-being.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Social Media Use May Not Be As Bad As Some Suggest: Implication for Older Adults.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
- A Mobile Sensing App to Monitor Youth Mental Health: Observational Pilot Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Observational
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesSocial media use has been linked to socioemotional health; however, less is known regarding whether these associations are moderated by age. Additionally, as the use of social media in older adult populations is rapidly increasing, there is a greater need for the investigation of psychometric properties of social media usage scales before determining age differences in the impact of social media on socioemotional health outcomes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsUsing an online adult life-span sample (
resultsConfirmatory factor analyses revealed that posting-related and checking-related items were noninvariant across age groups. In multigroup structural equation models accounting for differential item functioning, higher social media use was associated with more depressive symptoms in younger adults, but not in older adults. While higher social media use was associated with higher envy in both age groups, this association was stronger in younger adults. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Findings suggest younger adults may be more susceptible to the detrimental effects of social media use on socioemotional health. Future directions regarding the measurement of social media use and the salience of social media use across the life span are discussed.
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