ArticleBorderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation2025
Impact of social media on triggering nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents: a comparative ambulatory assessment study.
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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
- Associational pathway analyses of depression and impulsivity in the relationship between internet addiction and non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents: a cross-sectional case-control study.Annals of general psychiatry · 2026Article
- Emotional Responses to Social Media and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Among Adolescents.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2026Article
- Social exclusion alters attention and autonomic regulation in adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injury.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- Effects of experimental ostracism on cortisol, autonomic regulation, and affective states in adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injury.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- Temporal dynamics of shame and guilt in adolescent NSSI: an ambulatory assessment study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Visualized Analysis of Adolescent Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Comorbidity Networks.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundNonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a prevalent and concerning behavior among adolescents, often triggered by negative interpersonal events. As social media is essential in the daily life of adolescents, gaining a better understanding of the impact of negative online events on NSSI urges and behaviors, distinct from that of real-life events, is warranted.
methodsWe recruited 25 adolescents with a history of NSSI and 25 healthy controls. Participants reported on their stress, affect, and NSSI urges four times daily over seven days using ambulatory assessment. We examined the immediate effects of negative events in real-life and on social media on these psychological outcomes.
resultsIn adolescents who engage in NSSI, negative events on social media were positively associated with perceived stress, negative affect, and NSSI urges to a greater extent than real-life negative events. However, NSSI events during the sampling period were mostly triggered by real-life events. While the frequency of social media use was generally similar between groups, those with NSSI reported experiencing more negative events on social media.
conclusionsOur findings highlight the significant impact of social media on the mental health of adolescents who engage in NSSI, possibly exacerbating stress and negative affect more than real-life events. These results underscore the need for targeted interventions addressing online interactions to mitigate NSSI behaviors and improve adolescent mental health.
trial registrationThis study has been registered at the German Clinical Trials Register (ID: DRKS00025905, https://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00025905 ).
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