ArticleCyberpsychology, behavior and social networking2022
Social Media Use and Its Link to Physical Health Indicators.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of social media use among rural US adolescents and associated health outcomes.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Examining the Association Between Digital Stress Components and Psychological Wellbeing: A Meta-Analysis.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2023Pooled it
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- When Social Skills Backfire: Social Media Overuse as a Pathway Linking Social Competence and Health Across Cultures.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Exploring Latent Profiles of Problematic Social Media Use and Their Relationship with Distress, FoMO, and Self-Esteem: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Turkish Adult Population.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Article
- Prospective Associations Between Early Adolescent Problematic Screen Use, Mental Health, Sleep, and Substance Use.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- The interaction between future food considerations, regulation of eating behaviors, sense of purpose, and social media consciousness among college students: a study on mediation effects and network analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Cardiovascular Health in the Transition From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Review
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- Digital marketing in attracting new patients: cross-sectional study in a vascular surgery office.Jornal vascular brasileiro · 2025Article
- Would you be healthier if you had more social capital? Focusing on university students' social media use in Japan.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Screen time and mental health: a prospective analysis of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Social Media Posts from Friends during Late Adolescence as Predictors of Young Adult Physical Health.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2024Article
- Cultural persistence and change in university students' social networking motives and problematic use.Heliyon · 2024Article
- A multiscale inflammatory map: linking individual stress to societal dysfunction.Frontiers in science · 2024Article
- Social Media Use and Its Concurrent and Subsequent Relation to a Biological Marker of Inflammation: Short-Term Longitudinal Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- The relationship between social media addiction, fear of missing out and family functioning: a structural equation mediation model.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Can inflammation predict social media use? Linking a biological marker of systemic inflammation with social media use among college students and middle-aged adults.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2023Article
- Trends in physical health complaints among adolescents from 2014 - 2019: Considering screen time, social media use, and physical activity.SSM - population health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Social media use has become an integral part of many young adults' daily lives. Although much research has examined how social media use relates to psychological well-being, little is known about how it relates to physical health. To address this knowledge gap, the present research investigated how the amount of social media people use relates to various indices of physical health. Young adults provided a blood sample that was analyzed for C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of chronic inflammation. They also completed self-report measures of social media use, somatic symptoms, illness-related physician or health center visits, and whether they sought medical care for infection-related illnesses in the last 3 months. Social media use was positively correlated with higher levels of CRP, more somatic symptoms, and more visits to the doctor or health centers for an illness. Although directionally consistent, the correlation with likelihood of seeking medical care for infection-related illnesses was nonsignificant (
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