Exploring the Relationship Between Public Social Media Accounts, Adolescent Mental Health, and Parental Guidance in England: Large Cross-Sectional School Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although associations between social media use and adolescent mental health have been described, more information is needed on the potential components characterizing this complex exposure, in particular, those related to maintaining a public social media account.

Objective

This study aims to investigate the association between having a public social media account and anxiety and depression in school-going adolescents.

Methods

Overall, 80 secondary schools and further education colleges in England were sampled using a cross-sectional web-based survey as part of the 2023 OxWell Student Survey. Social media exposure was categorized among the adolescents as having a public social media account versus not having a public social media account. The risk of clinic

SUBMITTER: Mabaso WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11688589 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature