An important 2019 paper applied a novel analytic technique called Specification Curve
Analysis (SCA) to data from three large-scale community samples to investigate the …

Background Adolescents are spending more and more time on social media and studying
how this is associated to their mental health has become an important focus of research …

The widespread use of digital technologies by young people has spurred speculation that
their regular use negatively impacts psychological well-being. Current empirical evidence …

Purpose Previous research on associations between screen media use and mental health
produced mixed findings, possibly because studies have not examined screen activities …

Background The association of adolescent social media use with mental health symptoms,
especially depression, has recently attracted a great deal of interest in public media as well …

Purpose The aim of this study is to assess the longitudinal associations between the
frequency of social media use and symptoms of mental ill-health among Swedish …

Background Evidence suggests social media use is associated with mental health in young
people but underlying processes are not well understood. This paper i) assesses whether …

An increasing number of studies have addressed how adolescents' social media use is
associated with depressive symptoms. However, few studies have examined whether these …

Purpose Depression is increasingly common among US adolescents; the extent to which
social media exposure contributes to this increase remains controversial. Methods We used …

Social media have become increasingly integrated into the daily lives of adolescents. There
are concerns about the potential detrimental effects of adolescents' social media use (SMU) …