Problematic social media use and psychological symptoms in adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study examined time trends in significant child and adolescent psychological symptoms and explored the association of frequent and problematic social media use with these symptoms.

Methods

Time trends in psychological symptoms were assessed using data from five waves of the international survey of Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC), conducted between 2001 and 2018 (N = 1,036,869). The associations of frequent and problematic social media use with significant psychological symptoms were assessed by hierarchical multinomial logistic regression using data from 2001-2002 and the 2017-2018 survey waves. The direction of effect between social media use variables and psychological symptoms was explored using Linear Non-Gaussian Acyclic Models (LiNGAM).

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SUBMITTER: Mojtabai R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11522145 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature