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- As children and teens increasingly go online for entertainment and connection, parents, scholars, and policymakers are concerned that young people’s biology is making them particularly vulnerable to—and in some cases, even exploited by—social media.
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Feb 3, 2022 · As children and teens increasingly go online for entertainment and connection, parents, scholars, and policymakers are concerned that young people’s biology is making them particularly vulnerable to—and in some cases, even exploited by—social media.
Jun 6, 2024 · For example, research by Orben et al. in 2022 showed that social media use could negatively affect psychological well-being during particular developmental stages, with these stages...
Feb 21, 2018 · The current generation of adolescents grows up in a media-saturated world. However, it is unclear how media influences the maturational trajectories of brain regions involved in social...
- Eveline A. Crone, Elly A. Konijn
- 2018
Mar 28, 2022 · In a study published today in Nature Communications, the researchers show that, in UK data, girls experience a negative link between social media use and life satisfaction when they are 11-13 years old and boys when they are 14-15 years old.
Aug 24, 2022 · The review confirms the complex nature of the relationship between adolescent psychosocial development and social media. Clear developmental benefits are counterbalanced against the risk of negative social and psychological experiences.
Jan 3, 2023 · The study findings suggest that checking social media repeatedly among young teens ages 12 to 13 may be associated with changes in how their brains develop over a three-year period. The brains of adolescents who checked social media often – more than 15 times per day, became more sensitive to social feedback.
May 7, 2024 · Research linking social media use and adolescent mental health has produced mixed and inconsistent findings and little translational evidence, despite pressure to deliver concrete...
