ReviewEuropean journal of investigation in health, psychology and education2025
Reducing Social Media Use Decreases Depression Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.
Review in European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Associations between active and passive social media use and anxious affect among adolescents around the world.Journal of mood and anxiety disorders · 2026Article
- Reducing social media use via contingency management: A replication and extension.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2026Article
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Abstract
The association between social media use and depression found in correlational research has prompted widespread concern regarding the consequences of social media use. In response to this evidence, experimental interventions have been used to evaluate whether lowering social media use affects depression. This meta-analysis synthesised results of 10 randomized controlled trials (
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