ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2024
Problematic social media use and psychological symptoms in adolescents.
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- Latent profile analysis of mindfulness and experiential avoidance associated with social media use disorder.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Relationships between vigorous physical activity and psychological complaints in adolescents: findings from 240,951 participants.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The impact of social media use on college students' mental health: a narrative review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- The impact of problematic social media use on adolescent subjective well-being: insights from machine learning.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Problematic social media use and negative risk-taking behavior among college students: the chain mediating role of grit and academic procrastination.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Development and validation of the Lebanese Social Media Dependency Scale (LSMDS): A cross-sectional study among university students.PloS one · 2026Article
- Debate: Social media in children and young people - time for a ban? From polarised debate to precautionary action - a population mental health perspective on social media and youth well-being.Child and adolescent mental health · 2025Article
- The Emotional Reinforcement Mechanism of and Phased Intervention Strategies for Social Media Addiction.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Adolescent Addictive Behaviors and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Mental Health Problems.Psychology research and behavior management · 2025Article
- Social Media Addiction and Cognitive Behavioral Physical Activity Among Adolescent Girls: A Cross-Sectional Study.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study examined time trends in significant child and adolescent psychological symptoms and explored the association of frequent and problematic social media use with these symptoms.
methodsTime trends in psychological symptoms were assessed using data from five waves of the international survey of Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC), conducted between 2001 and 2018 (N = 1,036,869). The associations of frequent and problematic social media use with significant psychological symptoms were assessed by hierarchical multinomial logistic regression using data from 2001-2002 and the 2017-2018 survey waves. The direction of effect between social media use variables and psychological symptoms was explored using Linear Non-Gaussian Acyclic Models (LiNGAM).
resultsPrevalence of more severe psychological symptoms increased from 6.7% in 2001-2002 to 10.4% in the 2017-2018 survey waves. The increase was especially large among 15-year old and older girls: from 10.9 to 19.1%. The higher prevalence of more severe psychological symptoms in 2017-2018 compared with 2001-2002 was eliminated after adjusting the model for problematic social media use. LiNGAM analysis supported the direction of effect going from social media use and problematic social media use to psychological symptoms.
conclusionsThe findings suggest that frequent and problematic use of social media contribute to the increasing trend of psychological symptoms in adolescents in recent years.
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