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Social media effects teenagers and their mental health tremendously. According to a study done on 362 teens over 50% used social media past midnight on a weekday. This prevents sleep and worsens mental health. The baseline of the research discovered that social media can easily cause depression, anxiety, feelings of self harm, sleep disturbance and more.

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Bye, A., Carter, B., Leightley, D., Trevillion, K., Liakata, M., Branthonne-Foster, S., Cross, S., Zenasni, Z., Carr, E., Williamson, G., Vega Viyuela, A., & Dutta, R. (2024). Cohort profile: The Social media, smartphone use and Self-harm in Young People (3S-YP) study–A prospective, observational cohort study of young people in contact with mental health services. PLoS ONE, 19(5), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299059

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Social media impacts teenages mental health by ''reducing face-to-face real-life social interactions and a exposure to unrealistic depictions of emotions, lies, and connections on social media can make individuals feel inferior and isolated compared to their peers'' making them believe that others are living happier lives than them. According to scientific studies.

Ugwu, L. E., Idemudia, E. S., Chukwu, O. O., & Onyedibe, M. C. C. (2023). Measuring the Impact of Social Media on Young People’s Mental Health: Development and Validation of the Social Media-Induced Tendency Scale. Depression Research & Treatment, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/8677521

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Social Media does have a negative impact on teen mental health. According to an experiment done on 632 teens, ages 12-17, in Spain, teens with higher social media usage show more addictive behaviors and experience phsychosocial health problems compared to those with low social media usage. The experiment results showed that, "Adolescents with high addictive behaviors when using social networks (28.9%; 95% CI 19.3 to 40.8%) and the lowest in those with low addictive behaviors (6.8%; 95% CI 3.3 to 13.6%)"

Brand, C., Fochesatto, C. F., Gaya, A. R., Schuch, F. B., & López-Gil, J. F. (2024). Scrolling through adolescence: unveiling the relationship of the use of social networks and its addictive behavior with psychosocial health. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Mental Health, 18(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-024-00805-0

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In my opinion social media can ruin the mental health of a young person and even older people. Studies have been run in the U.S. and in the U.K. People at a young age tend to use social media throughout their whole day and even late at night. The younger person's mind is not fully developed yet and social media can ruin the way it develops.

MALTBY, J. et al. Synthesizing perspectives: Crafting an Interdisciplinary view of social media’s impact on young people’s mental health. PLoS ONE, [s. l.], v. 19, n. 7, p. 1–20, 2024. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0307164. Disponível em: https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=b8d6e7dc-7d39-3f5c-8498-ec559d5c73e7. Acesso em: 18 set. 2024.

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I believe that social media does effect teens mental health. The reason that I believe this is that according to the study that I did some teens get affected by bullying on social media some even suffer depression and all this other stuff even thoughts of suicide because of social media.

AZIZAN, A. Exploring the Role of Social Media in Mental Health Research: A Bibliometric and Content Analysis. Journal of Scientometric Research, [s. l.], v. 13, n. 1, p. 1–8, 2024. DOI 10.5530/jscires.13.1.1. Disponível em: https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=ef3326cc-b0e1-3da7-b2ca-5a3564c74c4a. Acesso em: 18 set. 2024.

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Written by Emery C:

Social media does have an impact on teen mental health in both good and bad ways. Social media is something teens look at or they are on pretty much every day and a lot of times during a day. Each of those times they are looking online, they see something different each time and most times they are things which may describe what they think they are going through, and it changes their perspective on how to see some things. Teens are gullible online and they will believe most things they see on social media websites or apps like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and more. Social media sometimes may exaggerate what they are going through, and stretch it into something it's not, which causes overthinking and a change in attitude as soon as they see that one thing online. Articles confirm social media has become a key aspect to teen’s daily lives and according to data and statistical analysis using IBM SPSS version 28 were calculated and were summarized in percentages from a total of 9860 participants taking an online survey.

Citation: KLINGER, D. et al. Exploring the relationship between media use and depressive symptoms among gender diverse youth: findings of the Mental Health Days Study. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Mental Health, [s. l.], v. 18, n. 1, p. 1–13, 2024. DOI 10.1186/s13034-024-00797-x. Disponível em: https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=561b1c37-c2ca-3698-9f08-923be0dd879f. Acesso em: 18 set. 2024.

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Social Media Does Negatively  Effect Teenagers

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Social Media Does Negatively  Effect Teenagers

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Social Media has a very negative impact on the mental health of many teams, as a research study has found a strong link between declining mental health and social media usage. Studies have shown that teens who use mental health more than other are more likely to have a more negative mental health.

Gupta, S. (2024). Social media hurts teens’ mental health. Science News, 205(5), 14–15.

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Social media does impact teen mental health, especially after COVID pandemic. Teens went through a lot of isolation from other teens and the only way to communicate was throughout social media. https://research.ebsco.com/c/npzqjx/viewer/html/6owopzimgn

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Social media does affect teen's mental health. According to Odgers and Jensen in the article "An Updated Agenda for the Study of Digital Media Use and Adolescent Development" he states that the length of time teens spend on social media has outcomes of depression, anxiety, and risky behavior. Also shown in "Social Media Hurts Teens' mental health" states "In recent years, studies have, in fact, started to show a causal link between teen social media use and reduced well-being or mood disorders, chiefly depression and anxiety." Overall studies have shown social media having a significant affect on mental helath.

Prinstein, M. J., Nesi, J., & Telzer, E. H. (2020). Commentary: An updated agenda for the study of digital media use and adolescent development – future directions following Odgers & Jensen (2020). Journal of Child Psychology, 61(3), 349–352. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13219

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Gupta, S. (2024). Social media hurts teens’ mental health. Science News, 205(5), 14–15.

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Social media impacts many teenager’s mental health. Extensive research on social media use has increased rapidly, with many studies investigating whether constant social media is associated with many mental health issues. According to many studies, the reasoning of the effect of social media on teens is not fully understood. Social media may influence adolescents in positive and negative ways. However many studies prove otherwise.

Keles, B., Grealish, A., & Leamy, M. (2024). The beauty and the beast of social media: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the impact of adolescents’ social media experiences on their mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic. Current Psychology, 43(1), 96–112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04271-3

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Social media has a major effect on mental health on teenagers. Social media has a major factor on depression. It effects sleep, anxiety decreases well being as well as the eating habits and all around well being. Maltby, J., Rayes, T., Nage, A., Sharif, S., Omar, M., & Nichani, S. (2024). Synthesizing perspectives: Crafting an Interdisciplinary view of social media’s impact on young people’s mental health. PLoS ONE, 19(7), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307164

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Social media does have a effect on teens.

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I think social media has a effect on teens. Because in the text it shows proof and examples like. The use of social media among young people sparks waves of concern, reminiscent of historical anxieties about the influence of emerging media forms like rock music, television, and video games. Maltby, J., Rayes, T., Nage, A., Sharif, S., Omar, M., & Nichani, S. (2024). Synthesizing perspectives: Crafting an Interdisciplinary view of social media’s impact on young people’s mental health. PLoS ONE, 19(7), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307164

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22% of teens lost their friendship with someone due to actions on social media sites. 13% had an experienced a problem with their parents because of social media sites.

mental health, identity formation, social interaction and comparison, bullying, digital literacy,

Maltby, J., Rayes, T., Nage, A., Sharif, S., Omar, M., & Nichani, S. (2024). Synthesizing perspectives: Crafting an Interdisciplinary view of social media’s impact on young people’s mental health. PLoS ONE, 19(7), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307164

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For this study, the researchers surveyed 9860 people, with 8654 people completing it. The mean age was 14.05, and 1.9% of participants identify as gender diverse.

"The results in Table 2 indicate significant differences in depressive symptoms among gender diverse, female, and male participants. Gender diverse individuals reported the highest mean PHQ-9 total score, indicating higher levels of depressive symptoms compared to participants with female and male genders. The ANOVA results revealed a statistically significant difference in depressive symptoms across the gender groups, F ( 2 , 379) = 233.47, p <.001, with a medium effect size (η² = 0.06)."

Klinger, D., Plener, P. L., Marboe, G., Karwautz, A., Kothgassner, O. D., & Dienlin, T. (2024). Exploring the relationship between media use and depressive symptoms among gender diverse youth: findings of the Mental Health Days Study. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Mental Health, 18(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-024-00797-x

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Social Media Impacts On Teen Mental Health

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Social Media Impacts On Teen Mental Health

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Social media impacts teen mental health. It creates self-perception and identity formation describing how social media shapes young people's self-image and identities, highlighting the gap between digital personas and real selves. Studies reveal a complex relationship wherein social media can be a source of support and connections yet, it also harbors the potential to exacerbate issues like anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances. Sociological research emphasizes how social media not only shapes personal identities but also influences wider social networks and societal structures.

Maltby, J., Rayes, T., Nage, A., Sharif, S., Omar, M., & Nichani, S. (2024). Synthesizing perspectives: Crafting an Interdisciplinary view of social media’s impact on young people’s mental health. PLoS ONE, 19(7), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307164

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Social media had a very big impact on peoples mental health and life. According to https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=e0cd5b12-5340-311e-b668-ad3d7ef2fc2b

“On the surface, Facebook provides an invaluable resource for fulfilling the basic human need for social connection,” says Kross. “But rather than enhance well-being, we found that Facebook use predicts the opposite result - it undermines it.

On average, Americans spend 7.6 hours using social networking sites, such as Facebook, every month. The latest statistics show that around 42% of online adults use multiple social networking sites. Perhaps not surprisingly, the majority of social media users are under the age of 30, although the number of older users is on the rise. Around 45% of Internet users aged 65 or older now use Facebook, increasing from 35% in 2012.

With spending this amount of time on social media its hard not to compare yourself to others.