ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
The Use of Social Media in Children and Adolescents: Scoping Review on the Potential Risks.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07008651 (The Effects of Digital Parenting Training Given to Mothers on Social Media Addiction and Their Children's Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Technology Use), which is not on this map. Cited by 160 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effects of Digital Parenting Training Given to Mothers on Social Media Addiction and Their Children's Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Technology Use
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160 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Digital media exposure and pediatric health: the recommendations from the Italian Society of Pediatrics Digital Dependency Commission.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2026Guideline
- The effectiveness of school-based interventions to reduce problematic digital technology use and screen time: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Pooled it
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- Lifestyle Behaviors and Their Socio-Demographic Correlates Among University-Going Adolescents in Rawalpindi, Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
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- Not All Screen Use is Equal: Shifting the Focus from Screen Time to Problematic Use in Child and Adolescent Well-Being Research.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Review
- Symptom-level analysis of problematic social media use and its associations with health, well-being, and lifestyle in Lithuanian adolescents: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
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- Screen Exposure and Childhood Adiposity in Socially Vulnerable Settings: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Article
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- Evaluating the Educational Quality and Accuracy of Carpal Tunnel- and Cubital Tunnel-Related Videos on TikTok.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- The Influence of Social Networks on Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Associations of critical thinking and social media addiction with eHealth literacy among adolescent social media users.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Relationship between social media addiction, sleep quality, and occupational balance among Generation Z university students.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Problematic patterns of social media use increase with spontaneous cortical activity and transdiagnostic mental health symptoms in youth.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of a residential treatment camp for adolescents with problematic Internet use in Japan: A 3-month follow-up pilot controlled study.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- The Swedish version of the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale: A psychometric evaluation among adolescents.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Family Factors Associated With Excessive Online Activity Among Adolescents: A Latent Class Analysis of Cross-Sectional Data.Europe's journal of psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
In recent years, social media has become part of our lives, even among children. From the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic period, media device and Internet access rapidly increased. Adolescents connected Internet alone, consulting social media, mostly Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. During "lockdown", the Internet usage allowed communication with peers and the continuity activities such as school teaching. However, we have to keep in mind that media usage may be related to some adverse consequences especially in the most vulnerable people, such as the young. Aim of the review is to focus on risks correlated to social media use by children and adolescents, identifying spies of rising problems and engaging in preventive recommendations. The scoping review was performed according to PRISMA guidelines, searching on PubMed the terms "social media" or "social network", "health", and "pediatrics". Excluding articles not pertinent, we found 68 reports. Out of them, 19 were dealing with depression, 15 with diet, and 15 with psychological problems, which appeared to be the most reported risk of social media use. Other identified associated problems were sleep, addiction, anxiety, sex related issues, behavioral problems, body image, physical activity, online grooming, sight, headache, and dental caries. Public and medical awareness must rise over this topic and new prevention measures must be found, starting with health practitioners, caregivers, and websites/application developers. Pediatricians should be aware of the risks associated to a problematic social media use for the young's health and identify sentinel signs in children as well as prevent negative outcomes in accordance with the family.
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