Bidirectional Associations of Adolescents' Momentary Social Media Use and Negative Emotions.

ABSTRACT: Public discourse and empirical studies have predominantly focused on the negative repercussions of social media on adolescents' mental health. However, pervasive social media use is a relatively new phenomenon-its apparent harms have been widely accepted before sufficient longitudinal and experimental research has been conducted. The present study used an intensive longitudinal design (four assessments/day × 14 days; N = 154 12- to 15-year-olds (M _age = 13.47, SD = 0.58); N = 6,240 valid measurement occasions) to test the directionality of social media-negative emotion links in early adolescence, accounting for the type of social media usage (i.e., browsing vs. posting). The significance of effects depended on social media type: browsing predicted hig

SUBMITTER: Colasante T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624169 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature