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ArticleJournal of youth and adolescence2026

Social Media Use Intensity and Social Media Use Problems in Relation to Interpersonal Adaptation During the Transition to College: An Intensive Longitudinal Study.

Sicheng Xiong, Yi Xu, Ge Xiong, Bin Zhang

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Article in Journal of youth and adolescence, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Sicheng XiongDepartment of Psychology, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Yi XuDepartment of Rehabilitation, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Ge XiongDepartment of Psychology, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Bin ZhangDepartment of Psychology, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China. zb303@163.com.

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Humanity and Social Science Youth Fund of Ministry of Education of China 24YJC880151Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province 2025JJ50413
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the college transition, many students undergo rapid changes in the frequency and patterns of social media use, while also facing sudden challenges in adapting to the new interpersonal environment. However, it remains unclear how social media use intensity and social media use problems are temporally related to interpersonal adaptation during this important stage of development. This study conducted a 30-day intensive longitudinal design to explore the fine-grained temporal relationships between social media use intensity, social media use problems, and interpersonal adaptation, as well as the intensive mediating role of upward social comparison during the first month of the college transition. The sample comprised 317 first-year college students in China (71.8% female; M

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Adaptation, PsychologicalInterpersonal RelationsSocial MediaStudentsAdolescentChinaFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleUniversitiesYoung AdultIntensive longitudinal studyInterpersonal adaptationSocial media use intensitySocial media use problemsUpward social comparison

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PMID40759845

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