U.S. Adolescents' Daily Social Media Use and Well-being: Exploring the Role of Addiction-like Social Media Use.

ABSTRACT: Associations between adolescent social media use and well-being are inconclusive, and studies using rigorous methodologies and objective measures are needed. Additionally, attention on what individual differences may moderate linkages between social media and well-being is necessary. We tested 1) how daily social media use (assessed via ecological momentary objective and self-reports) relates to daily subjective well-being, 2) the prevalence and concordance between scholar-defined addiction-like social media use (ASMU) and participant perceptions of social media addiction, 3) how these constructs relate to subjective well-being, and 4) if these constructs moderate daily links between social media use and subjective well-being. In a sample of 103 adolescents (M _age=16.48,

SUBMITTER: Burnell K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11882150 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature