Neurobiological sensitivity to popular peers moderates daily links between social media use and affect.

ABSTRACT: Social media behaviors increase during adolescence, and quantifiable feedback metrics (e.g., likes, followers) may amplify the value of social status for teens. Social media's impact on adolescents' daily affect may be exacerbated given the neurodevelopmental changes that increase youths' sensitivity to socio-emotional information. This study examines whether neurobiological sensitivity to popularity moderates daily links between social media use and affect. Adolescents (N = 91, M_age=13.6 years, SD_age=0.6 years) completed an fMRI task in which they viewed faces of their high (>1 SD above the mean) and low (<1 SD below the mean) popular peers based on peer-nominated sociometric ratings from their school social networks. Two years later, adolescents reported their time

SUBMITTER: Maza MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10818203 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature