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A Systematic Review of Social Media Use and Adolescent Identity Development.
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- Adolescents' Long-Term Identity Tension After Politicized Cyber Shaming: Peer Support and Behavioural Visibility Management As Joint Conditions.Journal of adolescence · 2026Article
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- Social Media Use Profiles in Adolescents: A Cluster Analysis of Interpersonal Difficulties and Social Anxiety.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Unfiltered Access, Unseen Harms: A Developmental and Public Health Critique of Digital Rights Discourse.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Review
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- How do social media use, gaming frequency, and internalizing symptoms predict each other over time in early-to-middle adolescence?Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- The influence of hate speech on adolescents' bystander intention and TNB aggression.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026Article
- Internet addiction and social adaptation among adolescents: the chain mediation effects of peer relationships and self-identity.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Validation and Reliability of the Spanish Internet Addiction Test-7 (IAT-7) for Adolescents.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- From self to screen: a person-centered analysis of self-identity and internet addiction among Chinese college students.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- AI companions and adolescent social relationships: Benefits, risks, and bidirectional influences.Child development perspectives · 2026Article
- Early incorporation of body capital in adolescent beauty culture: A qualitative study of the 'Sephora Kids' phenomenon.PloS one · 2026Article
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Abstract
Social media have become a new context for adolescent identity development. However, it is challenging to build a thorough understanding of how social media and identity development are related because studies refer to different facets of social media engagement and use diverse concepts related to identity. This review synthesizes research on the relationships between quantity and quality of social media use and different dimensions of identity development, including identity exploration and commitment, self-concept clarity, and identity distress. The search conducted across four databases yielded 4,467 records, of which 32 studies were included in the analysis, comprising 19,658 adolescents with a mean age of 16.43 years (
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