A growing number of studies have tried to assess the effects of social media on adolescents,
who are among the most avid social media users. To establish the effects of social media …

Research agrees that self-reported measures of time spent with social media (TSM) show
poor convergent validity, because they correlate modestly with equivalent objective digital …

Social media use research remains dominated by self-report measures, despite concerns
they may not accurately reflect objective social media use. The association between …

Studies of youth social media use (SMU) often focus on its frequency, measuring how much
time they spend online. While informative, this perspective is only one way of viewing SMU …

The present study examined five possible explanations for the mixed findings on the
association between adolescents' social media use (SMU) intensity and wellbeing …

Many studies examining social media use rely on self-report survey questions about how
much time participants spend on social media platforms. Because they are challenging to …

Objective, Subjective, and Accurate Reporting of Social Media Use: No Evidence That Daily
Social Media Use Correlates With Perso Page 1 Objective, Subjective, and Accurate Reporting …

Studies assessing the effects of social media use are largely based on measures of time
spent on social media. In recent years, scholars increasingly ask for more insights in social …

Background Concerns have been raised that social media use causes mental health
problems in adolescents, but findings are mixed, and effects are typically small. The present …

This study examined differential patterns of time spent using social media in a sample of 457
adolescents over a 6‐year period. The majority of adolescents (83%), termed moderate …